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{{short description|1997 novel by Junichi Watanabe}}
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| name = A Lost Paradise
| title_orig = {{nihongo|失楽園|Shitsurakuen}}
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| translator = [[Juliet Winters Carpenter]]
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| author = [[Junichi Watanabe]]
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| pub_date = 1997
| pub_date = 1997
| english_pub_date = 2000
| english_pub_date = 2000
| media-type = Print ([[Paperback]])
| media_type = Print (paperback)
| pages = 372 pp
| pages = 372 pp
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| isbn = 4-7700-2324-3
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{{nihongo|'''''A Lost Paradise'''''|失楽園|Shitsurakuen}} is 1997 novel by Japanese author [[Junichi Watanabe]]. It tells the story of a 54-year-old married former magazine editor, his [[affair]] with a 37-year-old married typesetter and their double-suicide. The couple, Kūki and Rinko, are modeled after the famous case of [[Sada Abe]].<ref name="Hall-Balduf">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7281953_ITM|title=Review|last=Hall-Balduf|first=Susan|date=25 August 2000|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref><ref name="West">{{cite book|last=West|first=Mark D.|title=Secrets, sex, and spectacle: the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2006|pages=272|isbn=0-226-89408-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=A9CDvNs35ooC&pg=PA272|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref><ref name="Marran">{{cite book|last=Marran|first=Christine L.|title=Poison woman: figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|year=2007|pages=161–163|isbn=0-8166-4727-5|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Htxwh3tUwPcC&pg=PA161|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>
{{nihongo|'''''A Lost Paradise'''''|失楽園|Shitsurakuen}} is 1997 [[Japanese novel]] by author [[Junichi Watanabe (writer)|Junichi Watanabe]]. It tells the story of a 54-year-old married former magazine editor, his [[affair]] with a 37-year-old married typesetter and their double-suicide. The couple, Kūki and Rinko, are modeled after the famous case of [[Sada Abe]].<ref name="Hall-Balduf">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7281953_ITM|title=Review|last=Hall-Balduf|first=Susan|date=25 August 2000|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref><ref name="West">{{cite book|last=West|first=Mark D.|title=Secrets, sex, and spectacle: the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2006|pages=272|isbn=0-226-89408-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A9CDvNs35ooC&pg=PA272|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref><ref name="Marran">{{cite book|last=Marran|first=Christine L.|title=Poison woman: figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|year=2007|pages=161–163|isbn=0-8166-4727-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Htxwh3tUwPcC&pg=PA161|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>


The book became a [[bestseller]] throughout Asia, selling 3 million copies in Japan. ''Shitsurakuen'' became a slang word for having an affair.<ref name="West" /><ref name="InstructionManual">{{cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/07/content_337178.htm|title=The husband instruction manual|date=2004-06-07|work=[[China Daily]] / eastday.com|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> It was first serialized in the business newspaper [[Nihon Keizai Shimbun]] in 1995.<ref name="Marran" /><ref name="Osedo">{{cite news|url=http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/CML/2005/get.jsp?docid=CML-20050202-1-015-4088409V11@QLD-METRO-2006-2005|title=Lust and seduction top stock news|last=Osedo|first=Hiroshi|date=2 February 2005|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|accessdate=2009-05-26|quote=..Shitsurakuen (A Lost Paradise) appeared in...}}</ref><ref name="Yao">{{cite news|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080628/article_364808.htm|title=The master of secret sin|last=Yao|first=Minji|date=28 June 2008|work=[[Shanghai Daily]]|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> The book was made into a film and a TV drama the same year.<ref name="West" /> The film ''Shitsurakuen'' was nominated for 13 [[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Japan Academy Prizes]] winning one with [[Hitomi Kuroki]] [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role|for lead actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1998/index.html|title=第21回　日本アカデミー賞|work=[[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Japan Academy Prize]] website|publisher=Japan Academy Prize Association|language=Japanese & English|accessdate=2009-05-26}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
The book became a [[bestseller]] throughout Asia, selling 3 million copies in Japan. ''Shitsurakuen'' became a slang word for having an affair.<ref name="West" /><ref name="InstructionManual">{{cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/07/content_337178.htm|title=The husband instruction manual|date=2004-06-07|work=[[China Daily]] / eastday.com|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> It was first serialized in the business newspaper ''[[Nihon Keizai Shimbun]]'' in 1995.<ref name="Marran" /><ref name="Osedo">{{cite news|url=http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/CML/2005/get.jsp?docid=CML-20050202-1-015-4088409V11@QLD-METRO-2006-2005|title=Lust and seduction top stock news|last=Osedo|first=Hiroshi|date=2 February 2005|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|accessdate=2009-05-26|quote=..Shitsurakuen (A Lost Paradise) appeared in...|archive-date=2012-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215150329/http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/CML/2005/get.jsp?docid=CML-20050202-1-015-4088409V11@QLD-METRO-2006-2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Yao">{{cite news|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080628/article_364808.htm|title=The master of secret sin|last=Yao|first=Minji|date=28 June 2008|work=[[Shanghai Daily]]|accessdate=2009-05-26| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090620041922/http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080628/article_364808.htm| archivedate= 20 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> The book was made into a film and a TV drama the same year.<ref name="West" /> The film ''[[Lost Paradise (film)|Lost Paradise]]'' was nominated for 13 [[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Japan Academy Prizes]] winning one with [[Hitomi Kuroki]] [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role|for lead actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1998/index.html |publisher=Japan Academy Prize Association |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:第21回　日本アカデミー賞 |work=[[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Japan Academy Prize]] website |accessdate=2009-05-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428070522/http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1998/index.html |archivedate=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Imdb title|0120120|Shitsurakuen}} (film)
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q18772233|title=Shitsurakuen}} (film)
* [http://jdorama.com/drama.377.htm ''Shitsurakuen''] at [[JDorama.com]] (tv drama)
* [http://jdorama.com/drama.377.htm ''Shitsurakuen''] at [[JDorama.com]] (TV drama)

{{Yoshimitsu Morita}}


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[[ko:실락원 (1997년 영화)]]
[[ja:失楽園 (渡辺淳一)]]
[[zh:失乐园 (小说)]]

Latest revision as of 16:53, 6 June 2024

For other uses, see Lost Paradise (disambiguation) and Paradise Lost (disambiguation).
"Shitsurakuen" redirects here. For the manga series Shitsurakuen, see Shitsurakuen (manga).
A Lost Paradise
First edition (1997)
AuthorJunichi Watanabe
Original title失楽園 (Shitsurakuen)
TranslatorJuliet Winters Carpenter
LanguageJapanese
GenreNovel
PublisherKodansha
Publication date
1997
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
2000
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages372 pp
ISBN4-7700-2324-3

A Lost Paradise (失楽園, Shitsurakuen) is 1997 Japanese novel by author Junichi Watanabe. It tells the story of a 54-year-old married former magazine editor, his affair with a 37-year-old married typesetter and their double-suicide. The couple, Kūki and Rinko, are modeled after the famous case of Sada Abe.[1][2][3]

The book became a bestseller throughout Asia, selling 3 million copies in Japan. Shitsurakuen became a slang word for having an affair.[2][4] It was first serialized in the business newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun in 1995.[3][5][6] The book was made into a film and a TV drama the same year.[2] The film Lost Paradise was nominated for 13 Japan Academy Prizes winning one with Hitomi Kuroki for lead actress.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hall-Balduf, Susan (25 August 2000). "Review". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  2. ^ a b c West, Mark D. (2006). Secrets, sex, and spectacle: the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States. University of Chicago Press. p. 272. ISBN 0-226-89408-8. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  3. ^ a b Marran, Christine L. (2007). Poison woman: figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 161–163. ISBN 0-8166-4727-5. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  4. ^ "The husband instruction manual". China Daily / eastday.com. 2004-06-07. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  5. ^ Osedo, Hiroshi (2 February 2005). "Lust and seduction top stock news". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2009-05-26. ..Shitsurakuen (A Lost Paradise) appeared in...
  6. ^ Yao, Minji (28 June 2008). "The master of secret sin". Shanghai Daily. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  7. ^ 第21回　日本アカデミー賞. Japan Academy Prize website (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize Association. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

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