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| pub_date = 1997
| pub_date = 1997
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| english_pub_date = 2000
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| media_type = Print (paperback)
| pages = 372 pp
| pages = 372 pp
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{{nihongo|'''''A Lost Paradise'''''|失楽園|Shitsurakuen}} is 1997 novel by Japanese 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]].<ref name="Hall-Balduf">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7281953_ITM|title=Review|last=Hall-Balduf|first=Susan|date=25 August 2000|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref><ref name="West">{{cite book|last=West|first=Mark D.|title=Secrets, sex, and spectacle: the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2006|pages=272|isbn=0226894088|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=A9CDvNs35ooC&pg=PA272|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref><ref name="Marran">{{cite book|last=Marran|first=Christine L.|title=Poison woman: figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|year=2007|pages=161–163|isbn=0816647275|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Htxwh3tUwPcC&pg=PA161|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>
{{nihongo|'''''A Lost Paradise'''''|失楽園|Shitsurakuen}} is 1997 [[Japanese novel]] by author [[Junichi Watanabe (writer)|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]].<ref name="Hall-Balduf">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7281953_ITM|title=Review|last=Hall-Balduf|first=Susan|date=25 August 2000|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref><ref name="West">{{cite book|last=West|first=Mark D.|title=Secrets, sex, and spectacle: the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2006|pages=272|isbn=0-226-89408-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A9CDvNs35ooC&pg=PA272|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref><ref name="Marran">{{cite book|last=Marran|first=Christine L.|title=Poison woman: figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|year=2007|pages=161–163|isbn=0-8166-4727-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Htxwh3tUwPcC&pg=PA161|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>


The book became a [[bestseller]] throughout Asia, selling 3 million copies in Japan. ''Shitsurakuen'' became a slang word for having an affair.<ref name="West" /><ref name="InstructionManual">{{cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/07/content_337178.htm|title=The husband instruction manual|date=2004-06-07|work=[[China Daily]] / eastday.com|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> It was first serialized in the business newspaper [[Nihon Keizai Shimbun]] in 1995.<ref name="Marran" /><ref name="Osedo">{{cite news|url=http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/CML/2005/get.jsp?docid=CML-20050202-1-015-4088409V11@QLD-METRO-2006-2005|title=Lust and seduction top stock news|last=Osedo|first=Hiroshi|date=2 February 2005|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|accessdate=2009-05-26|quote=..Shitsurakuen (A Lost Paradise) appeared in...}}</ref><ref name="Yao">{{cite news|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080628/article_364808.htm|title=The master of secret sin|last=Yao|first=Minji|date=28 June 2008|work=[[Shanghai Daily]]|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> The book was made into a film and a TV drama the same year.<ref name="West" /> The film ''Shitsurakuen'' was nominated for 13 [[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Japan Academy Prizes]] winning one with [[Hitomi Kuroki]] [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role|for lead actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1998/index.html|title=第21回　日本アカデミー賞|work=[[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Japan Academy Prize]] website|publisher=Japan Academy Prize Association|language=Japanese & English|accessdate=2009-05-26}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
The book became a [[bestseller]] throughout Asia, selling 3 million copies in Japan. ''Shitsurakuen'' became a slang word for having an affair.<ref name="West" /><ref name="InstructionManual">{{cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/07/content_337178.htm|title=The husband instruction manual|date=2004-06-07|work=[[China Daily]] / eastday.com|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> It was first serialized in the business newspaper ''[[Nihon Keizai Shimbun]]'' in 1995.<ref name="Marran" /><ref name="Osedo">{{cite news|url=http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/CML/2005/get.jsp?docid=CML-20050202-1-015-4088409V11@QLD-METRO-2006-2005|title=Lust and seduction top stock news|last=Osedo|first=Hiroshi|date=2 February 2005|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|accessdate=2009-05-26|quote=..Shitsurakuen (A Lost Paradise) appeared in...|archive-date=2012-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215150329/http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/CML/2005/get.jsp?docid=CML-20050202-1-015-4088409V11@QLD-METRO-2006-2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Yao">{{cite news|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080628/article_364808.htm|title=The master of secret sin|last=Yao|first=Minji|date=28 June 2008|work=[[Shanghai Daily]]|accessdate=2009-05-26| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090620041922/http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080628/article_364808.htm| archivedate= 20 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> The book was made into a film and a TV drama the same year.<ref name="West" /> The film ''[[Lost Paradise (film)|Lost Paradise]]'' was nominated for 13 [[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Japan Academy Prizes]] winning one with [[Hitomi Kuroki]] [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role|for lead actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1998/index.html |publisher=Japan Academy Prize Association |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:第21回　日本アカデミー賞 |work=[[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Japan Academy Prize]] website |accessdate=2009-05-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428070522/http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1998/index.html |archivedate=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Imdb title|0120120|Shitsurakuen}} (film)
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q18772233|title=Shitsurakuen}} (film)
* [http://jdorama.com/drama.377.htm ''Shitsurakuen''] at [[JDorama.com]] (tv drama)
* [http://jdorama.com/drama.377.htm ''Shitsurakuen''] at [[JDorama.com]] (TV drama)

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[[ja:失楽園 (渡辺淳一)]]
[[zh:失樂園 (渡邊淳一)]]

Latest revision as of 15:00, 26 December 2023

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)
AuthorJunichi Watanabe
Original title失楽園 (Shitsurakuen)
TranslatorJuliet Winters Carpenter
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
GenreNovel
PublisherKodansha
Publication date
1997
Published in English
2000
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages372 pp
ISBN4-7700-2324-3

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hall-Balduf, Susan (25 August 2000). "Review". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  2. ^ a b c West, 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.
  3. ^ a b Marran, 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.
  4. ^ "The husband instruction manual". China Daily / eastday.com. 2004-06-07. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  5. ^ 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...
  6. ^ Yao, Minji (28 June 2008). "The master of secret sin". Shanghai Daily. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  7. ^ 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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