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)
Author
Junichi Watanabe
Original title
失楽園 (Shitsurakuen)
Translator
Juliet Winters Carpenter
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Genre
Novel
Publisher
Kodansha
Publication date
1997
Published in English
2000
Media type
Print (paperback)
Pages
372 pp
ISBN
4-7700-2324-3
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]
^Hall-Balduf, Susan (25 August 2000). "Review". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ abcWest, 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.
^ abMarran, 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.
^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...
^Yao, Minji (28 June 2008). "The master of secret sin". Shanghai Daily. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^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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