Education
University of the Ryukyus.
又吉栄喜
University of the Ryukyus.
His novels are always set in the Okinawa archipelago, and he is considered one of the most important contemporary novelists from Okinawa. One of his earliest novels, Jōji ga shasatsu shita inoshishi (ジョージが射殺した猪 - "The Wild Boar that George Shot"), published in 1978, became very famous for being inspired by a true, controversial story. A soldier of the United States occupation forces in Okinawa shot a local man, and during the trial he declared that he mistakenly took him for a wild boar.
The United States soldier was declared innocent, arousing a big debate among the locals.
Beat (ビート). Filmmaker: Miyamoto Amon (宮本亜門, since 1958). Screened in 1998, at Venice Film Festival.
Original novel: Naminoue no Maria (波の上のマリア - Maria from Naminoue, 1998). 1999. Buta no mukui. Filmmaker Sai Yōichi (崔洋一, since 1949), screened in 1999 at Locarno International Film Festival (wins Don Quixote award).
Original novel: Buta no mukui (The Pig"s Retribution, 1996).