Education
Keio University.
(Detective Samejima works alone...because no one will work...)
Detective Samejima works alone...because no one will work with him. Shunned by his peers, scorned by his superiors, and feared by the yakuza, "The Shark," as he is called, works the dangerous Shinjuku section of Tokyo. This second installment of the popular Japanese series finds The Shark embroiled in a conflict among a professional Taiwanese killer, called "The Poison Ape"; the Taiwanese detectiv...
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(Detective Samejima works alone...because no one will work...)
Detective Samejima works alone...because no one will work with him. Shunned by his peers, scorned by his superiors, and feared by the yakuza, "The Shark," as he is called, works the dangerous Shinjuku section of Tokyo. This second installment of the popular Japanese series finds The Shark embroiled in a conflict among a professional Taiwanese killer, called "The Poison Ape"; the Taiwanese detective who pursues him; and the hard-hearted boss of the Taiwanese mafia. At stake: Shinjuku, the already treacherous streets of which will semm like an esplanade compared to the battlefield they will become if war breaks out between the Japanese and Taiwanese mafias. The Shinjuku Shark series carries with it an atmosphere unique to Tokyo, which has been a selling point for such pop phenomena as Gwen STefani's entourage of Harajuku Girls, films like Lost in Translation, and the Edgar-nominated Out by Natsuo Kirino.
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(A serial cop-killer is running rampant in Tokyo's Shinjuk...)
A serial cop-killer is running rampant in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward and only one man has the connections and the courage to find and stop him -- The Shark. Filled with volatile characters, each wiht his own unique ties, Shinjuku Shark is a masterpiece of nonstop tension. Arimasa Osawa is one of Japan's leading hardboiled novelists, influenced by American authors such as Elmore Leonard. His famous work, Shinjuku Shark (the first installment in a series) won the Eiji Yoshikawa Award for fiction and the Naoki Prize.
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大沢在昌
Keio University.
He served as the 12th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2005 to 2009. Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series) Arbeit detective series Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series) Standalone novels.
1978 – Shosetsu Suiri New Writers Prize: Kanshō no Machikado (Sentimental Streets) (short story) 1991 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Shinjuku Shark 1991 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Shinjuku Shark 1991 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1991): Shinjuku Shark 1993 – Naoki Prize: Mugen Ningyō: Shinjuku-Zame 4 (Poisoning Doll: Shinjuku Shark 4) 2000 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kokoro de wa Omosugiru (The Heart Is Too Heavy) 2001 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Yamisaki Annainin (Guide into Darkness) 2004 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Pandora Airando (Pandora Island ) 2006 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Ōkami-Bana: Shinjuku-Zame 9 (The Werewolf: Shinjuku Shark 9) 2010 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement 2011 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kizuna Kairō: Shinjuku-Zame 10 (Ties That Bind: Shinjuku Shark 10).
(A serial cop-killer is running rampant in Tokyo's Shinjuk...)
(Detective Samejima works alone...because no one will work...)
(Detective Samejima works alone...because no one will work...)