Norwegian Wood

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Movie: Norwegian Wood
Romaji: Noruwei no mori
Japanese: ノルウェイの森
Director: Anh Hung Tran
Writer: Haruki Murakami (novel), Anh Hung Tran
Producer: Chihiro Kameyama, Shinji Ogawa
Cinematographer: Pin Bing Lee
World Premiere: September 2, 2010 (Venice Film Festival)
Release Date: December 11, 2010
Runtime: 128 min.
Production Company: Asmik Ace Entertainment, Toho, Fuji TV
Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Set in the 1960's, high school student Toru Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) loses his only friend Kizuki (Kengo Kora) after he commits suicide. Toru, now looking for a new life, enters a university in Tokyo. By chance, Toru meets Kizuki's ex-girlfriend Naoko (Rinko Kikuchi) in the university. They grow close because they both share the same loss.

As Toru and Naoko grow even closer, Naoko's sense of loss also grows. After Naoko's 20th birthday, she leaves for a sanitarium in Kyoto. Watanabe, devastated by the situation, meets pure-hearted Midori (Kiko Mizuhara) during the spring semester. Midori looks like a small animal that just came into the world ...

Cast



Kenichi Matsuyama	Rinko Kikuchi	Kiko Mizuhara
Toru Watanabe	Naoko	Midori Kobayashi



Tetsuji Tamayama	Kengo Kora	Reika Kirishima	Eriko Hatsune
Nagasawa	Kizuki	Reiko	Hatsumi



Tokio Emoto	Shigesato Itoi	Haruomi Hosono	Yukihiro Takahashi
Tai Totsugeki	Theatre professor	Record shop owner	Gatekeeper

Additional Cast Members:

Yuki Ito

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Film Festivals

2010 (67th) Venice Film Festival - September 1-11 - Venezia 67 (Competition) *World Premiere
2010 (35th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 9-19 - Special Presentations *North American Premiere
2011 (13th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 9 - 13, 2011 - The Features Competition *French Premiere
2011 (3rd) Pan-Asia Film Festival - March 1-13, 2011 *UK Premiere
2011 (9th) Reggio Emilia: Asian Film Festival - June 11-18, 2011 - Out of Competition
2011 (12th) San Diego Asian Film Festival - October 20 - 28, 2011 - Asian Horizons
2012 (18th) Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema - February 14-21, 2012 - Francophonie d’Asie : Tran Anh Hung

Awards

"Best Cinematography" - 2011 (5th) Asian Film Awards - March 21, 2011

Comments

Comment #9
Jillian Says:
Apr 10 2012 4:39 pm

Totally obsessed with the book of this at the moment...Haruki Murakami is a fantastic artist. I am totally looking forward to watching this soon...I actually bought both the movie and book together. The novel is absolutely beautiful so I'm totally looking forward to this! Kenichi Matsuyama is totally perfect for Toru, i think. & I think that Kiko Mizuhara will make a fantastic Midori. But I'm not too sure about Rinko Kikuchi....lol XD I totally pictured Naoko different. In fact, weirdly I pictured her more like Utada Hikaru. LOL. I think that Reika Kirishima will do lovely as Reiko!! Exactly how I thought of Reiko to look. Totally looking forward to this movie. Love Murakami's works!!
Comment #8
Alex Says:
Oct 18 2011 12:20 pm

The strangest thing I've seen I think cinematic wise..
I had to watch it with all my classfriends for Japanese studies... we laughed ALL the way through it even though it's supposidly serious but come on we had no warning of what we would 'see' literally.
Comment #7
James Davison Says:
Jun 01 2011 7:03 am

Obsessed at the moment with this film. Looks excellent defiantly a must-see! :><:
Comment #6
Ned Says:
Feb 19 2011 7:32 am

Yesss finally found out it's going to be shown in cinemas in the UK on March 11th 2011 :D
Best Year Ever ^^~
Comment #5
Royce Says:
Jan 13 2011 9:43 pm

When is the US release date going to be? I can't wait to see it and I can't fly to Japan. Someone must know but I can't find it anywhere online.
Comment #4
hada Says:
Dec 25 2010 10:22 pm

i very like ken'ichi matsuyama,,
i can't wait for watch the movie...
noruwein no mori good.... ^^
Comment #3
robtok82 Says:
Nov 09 2010 4:58 pm

The book was so good...Can't wait for the movie...the cast is awesome...
Comment #2
marian Says:
Aug 20 2010 10:48 pm

kenichi matsuyama ur so cute ever!!!
Comment #1
Yuki Says:
Jul 28 2010 1:40 pm

OMG!!!!! I can'tt waitt till it's releasedd !!! :D xxx
I lovedd the novell soo much (I love all of Murakami's books) xxx
Really hoping the movie will be as intriguing as the novel ♥ xxx