Norwegian Wood (film)
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| Directed by | Tran Anh Hung |
| Produced by | Chihiro Kameyama Shinji Ogawa |
| Screenplay by | Tran Anh Hung |
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Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami |
| Starring |
Kenichi Matsuyama Rinko Kikuchi Kiko Mizuhara |
| Music by | Jonny Greenwood |
| Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping Bin |
| Edited by | Mario Battistel |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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133 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | USD$17.6 million |
Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森 Noruwei no mori?) is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Tran Anh Hung, based on Haruki Murakami's novel of the same name. The film was released in Japan on 11 December 2010.
Toru Watanabe is a quiet and serious young man in 1960s Tokyo whose personal life is in tumult, having lost his best friend Kizuki after he inexplicably commits suicide. Seeking an escape, Toru enters a university in Tokyo. By chance, during a walk in a park, Toru meets Kizuki's ex-girlfriend Naoko, and they grow close. Naoko continues to be devastated by the loss of Kizuki and spirals into a deep depression.
Toru sleeps with Naoko on her 20th birthday. Shortly afterwards, Naoko withdraws from the world and leaves for a sanitarium in a remote forest setting near Kyoto. Toru is anguished by the situation, as he still has deep feelings for Naoko, but she is unable to reciprocate. He also lives with the influence of death everywhere, while Naoko feels as if some integral part of her has been permanently lost. He continues with his studies, and during the spring semester meets an attractive girl and fellow student Midori, who is everything that Naoko isn't — outgoing, vivacious, and supremely self-confident. The story then follows Toru as he is torn between the two women in his life, and choosing between his past and his future.
This film debuted in the 67th Venice International Film Festival where it competed for the Golden Lion. It was then subsequently released in Japanese cinemas on 11 December 2010.
In the UK, it was released on 11 March 2011, while in Russia, it was released under the name of Норвежский лес on 16 December 2010.
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