Haruki Murakami

This year marks thirty years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and four stories that are based on Murakami Haruki’s exquisite short series about the people ‘after the quake’ are adapted into dramas featuring star-studded casts.

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.

Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki's anthology, After the Quake explores the complex aftermath of Japan’s earthquakes and other global crises. (Movie version of the TV drama).

A reclusive illustrator falls in love with a young woman who addictively shops for clothing.

Gripping thriller drama with fantastic all-star cast: Six different stories about crooks, misfits, heroes and their determination to overcome the destiny. Stories about intolerance, hopelessness, betrayal, despair, and the unpredictable.

A single mother receives a phone call saying her son had died from a shark attack in Hanalei Bay, Hawaii, where she now visits annually on her son’s death anniversary. One day, she meets two young Japanese surfers who tell her about a young Japanese surfer with one leg.

A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.

A student travels back to Kobe for the summer. Once there, he meets his friend Rat, hangs on the usual place, listening to the Beach Boys and meets a mysterious twin girl.

Featuring members of popular K-pop bands, this episodic feature shot in trendy Seoul is a collection of stories about love, hope and music.

Adapted from Haruki Murakami's short stories, The Elephant Vanishes reveals a strange and beautiful world lurking beneath the surface of Tokyo's bright bustle. The Elephant Vanishes was performed in Japanese by an all-Japanese cast.

In Koreatown, Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he's the son of God - that's what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his days working his dead-end job and figuring out his complex feelings for his girlfriend until, one day, he sees a one-eared man who could be his father and decides to follow him around Los Angeles.

A man ran into a woman on a street. She was not attractive, but was a perfect girl for him. After missing the chance to talk to her, he contemplates on how he should have approached her.

Two young men are hungry, so they decide to rob a bakery. Adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami.

Sheep Out is a story about a pedantic animator who lives a routine life, only moving between home and work. Slowly sinking into apathy, she began separating herself from the outside world. Her life turns upside down when she discovers a picture of a sheep, that in a series of absurd events, eventually draws her out of stagnation. It’s a symbolic story about facing your fears and getting out of your comfort zone, loosely inspired by Haruki Murakami’s book 'A Wild Sheep Chase'.

Revealing the flaws of Japanese society, the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway prompted Murakami to return to his homeland, whose conformism he rejected, to examine it closely. This led to the creation of two works: Underground and 1Q84.

A lonely young woman spends most of the time at home in her empty apartment after her husband left her. Eventually she gets a job at an elephant factory where you make five new elephants from parts of a single. At the same time, she dreams of a dwarf who wants to dance with her. But the dwarf is taboo. And when she tells about her dream to a workmate she is dismissed from work.

A story of a boy meeting the 100% Perfect Girl on the street on a ordinary day. Without remembering a promise that was made 16 years earlier.

A young man goes out to look for his missing cat but soon realizes he's being followed by a mysterious teenage girl.