{
  "id": 8887496,
  "title": "Bestselling Japanese Novelist Maha Harada Says ‘If This Is a Dream, I Hope I Never Wake Up’ About Her San Sebastian – and Busan – Bound Directing Debut ‘In My Father’s Room’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/bestselling-japanese-novelist-maha-harada-says-if-this-is-a-dream-i",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T09:08:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/maha-harada-in-my-fathers-room-interview-1236865727/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Maha Harada spent two decades building scenes on the page before she ever stood behind a camera. Now 64, the best-selling Japanese author is making her feature directorial debut with “In My Father’s Room,” a film adapted from her own short story “An Unnecessary Man,” and it arrives in competition at the San Sebastian Film […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}