Norwegian Wood (2010)

Profile

• 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
• Assistant Director: Shozo Katashima
• World Premiere: September 2, 2010 (Venice Film Festival)
• Release Date: December 11, 2010
• Runtime: 128 min.
• Genre: Period-1960 / Romance / Youth
• Production Company: Asmik Ace Entertainment, Toho, Fuji TV
• Distributor: Toho
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

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 …