Kyoko (film)
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Kyoko is a 2000 film, written and directed by Ryu Murakami
and based on Murakami's 1995 novel of the same name
. The story concerns a Japanese woman who travels to the US to find the Cuban-American GI that taught her Latin dance when she was a child.
Ryu Murakami
is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. He is colloquially referred to as the "Maradona of Japanese literature".-Biography:Born as Ryūnosuke Murakami in Sasebo, Nagasaki on February 19, 1952...
and based on Murakami's 1995 novel of the same name
Kyoko (novel)
Kyoko is a 1995 novel by Ryu Murakami. The book tells the story of a young woman who comes to New York City to find the Cuban-American GI who taught her to dance salsa...
. The story concerns a Japanese woman who travels to the US to find the Cuban-American GI that taught her Latin dance when she was a child.