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Original title
  
失楽園 (Shitsurakuen)

Publication date
  
1997

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Originally published
  
1997

Genre
  
Novel

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Language
  
Japanese

Published in English
  
2000

Pages
  
372 pp

Author
  
Junichi Watanabe

Publisher
  
Country
  
Japan

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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.

The book became a bestseller throughout Asia, selling 3 million copies in Japan. Shitsurakuen became a slang word for having an affair. It was first serialized in the business newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun in 1995. The book was made into a film and a TV drama the same year. The film Lost Paradise was nominated for 13 Japan Academy Prizes winning one with Hitomi Kuroki for lead actress.

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