his unique background for publicity. Neva Neva is a thirty-eight-year-old woman who lost both her breasts to cancer. She starts off as Hashi's stylist but later becomes his manager. Consequently, they start falling for each other and are married. She later becomes pregnant. Kimie Numata Kiku's real mother. Mr. D finds her through an investigator after charging him to secretly look for Hashi's mother. However, Hashi finds out his mother is already deceased so the woman can only be Kiku's mother. An altered Kiku tries to shoot everyone in sight and ends up shooting Kimie, accidentally but fatally. Film adaptation A film version began development in 2005, with a screenplay by Sean Lennon to be directed by Michele Civetta. The film was originally to star Val Kilmer, Tadanobu Asano, Asia Argento, and Lennon, but production never got off the ground. In 2015 it was reported to be in development again with the same script and director, now starring Vincent Gallo, Liv Tyler, Argento and Lennon. Legacy The creators of the video game Silent Hill 4: The Room stated in an interview that this book was an influence for that game. The character Anemone from the series Eureka Seven, and her pet Gulliver, were named after the character and her pet alligator from the novel. Japanese rock band The Pillows were originally called "The Coin Locker Babies", after the title of the novel. The name was used from 1986 to 1988 before a major shift in the band's line-up. Japanese rock band Urbangarde titled a 2015 song "Coin Locker Babies" and music video after the novel. The plot of the video game Yakuza: Like a Dragon was heavily inspired by this book, with Chapter 13 even being titled "Coin Locker Baby" as a nod to the novel. References 1980 Japanese novels Japanese-language novels Japanese novels adapted into films Existentialist novels Postmodern novels Novels by Ryū Murakami Novels set in Japan Novels about orphans Japanese bildungsromans Zainichi Korean culture