Ryu murakami biography

Murakami's novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war set against the dark backdrop of Japan. He attended primary, middle and senior high school in Sasebo. While a student in senior high, Murakami helped form a rock band called Coelacanth, in which he was the drummer. In the summer of his third year in senior high, Murakami and his colleagues barricaded the rooftop of his high school and he was placed under house arrest for three months.

During this time, he had an encounter with the hippie culture which influenced him greatly. Murakami graduated from high school in , around which time he went on to form yet another rock band and produce 8-millimeter indie films.

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Murakami went to Tokyo and enrolled in the silkscreen department in Gendaishichosha School of Art, but dropped out halfway through the year. In October , he moved to Fussa near the base of the U. Air Force and was accepted into the Musashino Art University in the sculpture program. In the early s, Murakami devoted himself to Cuban music.

He introduced it to Japan and produced the concerts of Cuban musicians in Japan. Then he established his label, Murakami's in Sony Music.