A Guru Is Born
  • Published: 15 June 2012
  • ISBN: 9781934287316
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $26.99

A Guru Is Born

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"Beat" Takeshi Kitano is an internationally recognized modern-day Renaissance man, whose accomplishments include filmmaking, writing, art, and comedy. He is a master in the Japanese hard-boiled gangster movie genre that has garnered fans such as Quentin Tarantino.

Having lost his job and his girlfriend, Kazuo becomes a member of a religious sect, after seeing the Guru heal an old woman in a wheelchair. He soon discovers the secrets of success in the sect are much the same as the business world, the power of suggestion playing a larger role than faith.

When the Guru unexpectedly dies, Kazuo is nominated to continue the sect as the new Guru.
  • Published: 15 June 2012
  • ISBN: 9781934287316
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $26.99
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Praise for Kitano's BOY:

"The beginnings of Kitano's intense and personal style can be seen in the three early stories contained in Boy. They offer insights into the later films and they have been extremely well translated by David James Karashima, who beautifully captures both the deadpan drollery and the wistful sentimentality." --Donald Richie, The Japan Times

"Kitano tells the tales simply and directly, avoiding flowery descriptions and clichéd melodrama, instead creating captivating stories that are subtle yet strongly visual. . . . Much like the boys grow up in the book, these tales will grow on you." --Mark Rifkin, This Week in New York (twi-ny.com)

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