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- Japanese author Ryu Murakami died at age 74 on Oct 17, 2026.
- Gentosha announced Murakami’s death on Oct 23, 2026, describing him as a front-runner of his literary era.
- His debut novel Almost Transparent Blue (1976) won a major Japanese literary award.
- Takashi Miike’s horror film Audition (1999) was based on Murakami’s 1997 novel In The Miso Soup.
