The Last Smoker
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The Last Smoker is a 1987 short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui
that has been adapted for both television and radio. An English translation by Andrew Driver was published in the collection Salmonella Men on Planet Porno (ISBN 9780307377265) in 2008.
The story is concerned with the repression of dissent. It is set in a future Japan where smokers are persecuted to the point of extinction, and the last smoker is stuffed and preserved in a museum.
to have left a strong impression on audiences.
on 20 February 2009 and picked that day as one of the editor, Gillian Reynolds's choices in The Daily Telegraph
and listed as a "pick of the day" by The Guardian
. It was adapted by Julia Dover and the final program directed by Matt Thompson. The actors include John Byrne, Eileen McCallum, Madeleine Worrall, Stewart Conn, and Madeleine Brolly.
Yasutaka Tsutsui
is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari...
that has been adapted for both television and radio. An English translation by Andrew Driver was published in the collection Salmonella Men on Planet Porno (ISBN 9780307377265) in 2008.
The story is concerned with the repression of dissent. It is set in a future Japan where smokers are persecuted to the point of extinction, and the last smoker is stuffed and preserved in a museum.
Television
The story was adapted for television in Japan in 1995. Nine years after being broadcast it was said by the newspaper Yomiuri ShimbunYomiuri Shimbun
The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five national newspapers in Japan; the other four are the Asahi Shimbun, the Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and the Sankei Shimbun...
to have left a strong impression on audiences.
Radio
The English language radio adaption is a 45 minute Loftus Production radio drama broadcast on BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
on 20 February 2009 and picked that day as one of the editor, Gillian Reynolds's choices in The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
and listed as a "pick of the day" by The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
. It was adapted by Julia Dover and the final program directed by Matt Thompson. The actors include John Byrne, Eileen McCallum, Madeleine Worrall, Stewart Conn, and Madeleine Brolly.