| Italic Title: | Miracles of the Namiya General Store |
| Miracles of the Namiya General Store | |
| Author: | Keigo Higashino |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Published: | 2012 |
| Publisher: | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Awards: | 7th |
| Isbn: | 978-4-04-110136-0 |
is a 2012 Japanese novel written by Keigo Higashino and published by Kadokawa Shoten.[1] [2]
In 1980, the Namiya General Store becomes popular with citizens after its owner, Yūji Namiya, accepts people's advice letters seeking advice for anything troubling them, similar to an agony aunt. When the store is closed, people would drop their letters through a hole in the roll-up door, collected in a mailbox, and would receive a handwritten reply from Namiya in a milk box hung outside. In 2012, three delinquents, Atsuya, Shota and Kohei, take shelter in the abandoned Namiya General Store after committing some petty crimes. Staying until the morning, the boys' pillaging is mysteriously interrupted by an advice letter being dropped through the shutter, although nobody is outside. The letter is addressed to the General Store and traditionally was written by someone to consult about worries. Upon reading it, the boys realise it was written in 1980, 32 years ago. When Kohei decides to reply, the mysteries and secrets of the old General Store comes to light, as their letters transcend time and space to touch a variety of characters, revealing Namiya's past, and follows the many miracles that intertwine the lives of the seemingly unrelated cast.
The leader of the delinquent trio, Atsuya is an orphan who left home. He has a somewhat condescending, cold response to the letters of advice. In the movie, he becomes a nurse after the incident.
Atsuya's childhood friend and fellow orphan, he is sensitive and plays the mediator between Atsuya and Shota. Out of boredom, he triggers the story's chain of events by wholeheartedly replying to the advice letters. In the movie, he becomes a chef after the incident.
Atsuya's childhood friend and fellow orphan, he is headstrong and sometimes gets into arguments with Atsuya. In the movie, he becomes an aerospace technician after the incident.
The benevolent owner and sole manager of Namiya General Store, who takes it upon himself to respond to every troubled letter requesting advice that comes his way. As he struggles with pancreatic cancer, he dedicates the remainder of his life to replying to the letters, hoping that he can change the course of someone's life for the better.
The novel won the 7th .[2] It has had sales of more than 1.6 million copies in China.[1]
It was performed by the theater group Caramel Box at the Sunshine Theater from May 11 to June 2, 2013, and at the Shin-Kobe Oriental Theater from June 9 to 16. Written and directed by . Partly double-cast. There were three performances, "Harmonica at dawn", "Civic until morning", and "Pray from the sky", and due to time constraints, "Answer in the milk box" and "Silent prayer in the Beatles" were cut. It was Along with that, there are changes such as the appearance of people who should not appear in that volume. In addition, the gender of Shota was changed to Shoko and Yoshikazu Minazuki was changed to Yoshiko Minazuki.
It was performed at Zepp Blue Theater Roppongi and Theater BRAVA! As a version of "Nebula Project Pia Theater BRAVA! Presents" from April 21st to May 8th, 2016 . Like the 2013 theater group Caramel Box performance, the script and direction is Yutaka Narui, but this time it is a production performance.
It was performed by the musical company It's Foleys at Pocket Square The Pocket (Nakano-ku, Tokyo) as a musical version from May 17 to 21, 2017.
A Japanese adaptation, of the same name as the novel, directed by Ryūichi Hiroki was released on 23 September 2017.[1]
See main article: Namiya.
A Chinese adaptation produced by Emperor Motion Pictures and Wanda Media was released on 29 December 2017. It stars Jackie Chan as the titular shop owner.[3]