Children from the Storage Room

Ryu Murakami's prose is dark and provocative. In his works, he uncovers the problems of modern Japan and shows its dark sides. For his creativity, Ryu Murakami received one of the most prestigious literary awards in his country – the Akutagawa Prize. From 1969 to 1975, sixty-eight infants were found in storage rooms in Japan. Only two survived – Hasi and Kiku. Thirty hours on the brink of death changed them forever. Hasi will obsessively search for the sound he heard with Kiku in the psychiatric hospital. The search will lead him to the fame of a pop idol and... madness. And Kiku will be obsessed with the idea of finding datura – a substance with which he will destroy Tokyo and take revenge on everyone for his birth in the storage room.