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Tokuro Nukui

ぬくい とくろう

Nukui Tokuro

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1968-02-25 (Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
Novelist, Mystery writer
活動期間
1993年〜
所属
Mystery Writers of Japan
所属団体
Mystery Writers of Japan
影響を受けた人物
Kazumasa Hirai
ノミネート
Finalist, 4th Ayukawa Tetsuya Award (Doukoku, 1993), Candidate, 50th Japan Mystery Writers Association Award (short story/collection category, 'A Darkness Remembering a Child', 1997), Candidate, 58th Japan Mystery Writers Association Award ('Fragments of Reminiscence', 2005), Candidate, 135th Naoki Prize ('Gukoroku', 2006), Candidate, 141st Naoki Prize ('Ranhansha', 2009), Candidate, 147th Naoki Prize ('Shingetsutan', 2012), Candidate, 151st Naoki Prize ('A Person Like Me', 2014)

学歴

Waseda University
School of Commerce
学位: 学士
国: Japan
Graduated from Waseda University, School of Commerce (after attending Tokyo Metropolitan Aoyama High School)

受賞歴

Japan Mystery Writers Association Award (63rd, Best Long Work / Short Story Collection)
2010
対象作品: Ranhansha (Ran-hansha / Reflected Chaos)
部門: 長編および連作短編集部門
主催: Mystery Writers of Japan
結果: 受賞
Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize (23rd)
2010
対象作品: The Color of Regret and Truth
主催: Shinchosha (Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Doukoku (Wailing)

1993年 Mystery

Debut novel written during a period of unemployment; an early long work exploring social darkness and the passions behind crime.

familylosscrime

Gukoroku (Record of Folly)

2006年 Mystery

An ensemble mystery about family and guilt. Later adapted into a film directed by Kei Ishikawa.

familyguiltcover-up
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Gukoroku / 石川慶 (2017)

Ranhansha (Reflected Chaos)

2009年 Mystery

A multi-perspective layered novel; winner of the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award.

truthmemorymultiple perspectives
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV drama] Ranhansha (2018)

The Color of Regret and Truth

2009年 Mystery

A novel about family and the weight of the past; winner of the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize.

familythe pastredemption

全著作

  • Doukoku (1993)
  • Gukoroku (2006)
  • Ranhansha (2009)
  • The Color of Regret and Truth (2009)
  • Disappearance Syndrome (1995)
  • Kidnapping Syndrome (1998)
  • Murder Syndrome (2002)

翻案

  • Gukoroku (2017 film, dir. Kei Ishikawa)
  • Ranhansha (2018 TV drama)
  • Haiiro no Niji (2012 TV drama)

作風・主題

文体
intricate plottingmulti-perspective narrationpsychological focus
頻出モチーフ
family secretsmemory disjunctionsin and atonement

評価・遺産

A Japanese mystery writer acclaimed for intricate plotting and themes of family and memory. A prominent figure in contemporary literature with major prize recognition and multiple film/TV adaptations.

関連学会

  • Mystery Writers of Japan

大衆文化への影響

  • Several works have been adapted for film and television, including the film adaptation of 'Gukoroku'.

引用

  • "'Ranhansha' is a work that hides a honkaku (classic mystery) armor beneath the clothing of a novel."
    出典: Selection committee member Kaoru Kitamura (comment at press conference) (2010年)

豆知識

  • Debut novel 'Doukoku' became a bestseller exceeding 500,000 copies after a blurb on the paperback edition.
  • In 2010 received both the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award (for 'Ranhansha') and the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize (for 'The Color of Regret and Truth').