Norwegian Wood (2010) ( Noruwei no mori )

Norwegian Wood (2010) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Noruwei no mori
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Japanese ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
133 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Anh Hung Tran

Written By:
Haruki Murakami
Anh Hung Tran

Actors:
Rinko Kikuchi ..... Naoko
Ken'ichi Matsuyama ..... Toru Watanabe
Kiko Mizuhara ..... Midori
Tetsuji Tamayama ..... Nagasawa
Kengo Kôra ..... Kizuki
Reika Kirishima ..... Reiko Ishida
Eriko Hatsune ..... Hatsumi
Shigesato Itoi ..... Theatre professor
Tokio Emoto ..... Storm Trooper
Yukihiro Takahashi ..... Gatekeeper
Haruomi Hosono ..... Record shop owner
Yuki Ito ..... Midori' father
Kentaro Tamura
Takao Handa
Yusuke

Synopsis:

Published in 1987 and since translated into 33 languages, Norwegian Wood is a story of loss and heartbreak in a time of global instability. Haruki Murakami's bestselling novel is brought to the screen by Tran Anh Hung (Golden Lion winner for Cyclo and Academy Award nominee for The Scent Of Green Papaya) and features Japanese rising star Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note, Detroit Metal City) and Oscar nominee Rinko Kikuchi (BABEL) alongside newcomer Kiko Mizuhara. Original soundtrack from Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood. Tokyo, the late 1960s... Students around the world are uniting to overthrow the establishment and Toru Watanabe's personal life is similarly in tumult. At heart, he is deeply devoted to his first love, Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman. But their complex bond has been forged by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Watanabe lives with the influence of death everywhere. That is, until Midori, a girl who is everything that Naoko is not - outgoing, vivacious, supremely self-confident - marches into his life and Watanabe must choose between his past and his future.

Upon hearing the song 'Norwegian Wood,' Toru (Matsuyama) remembers back to his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend. As the two try, in very different ways, to contend with their grief, Toru forms a bond with another woman, Midori.

Drama, romance. Based on a novel by Haruki Murakami. Toru, now a businessman, remembers his university days and romances, set on the background of the upheavals of the late 1960s.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 30 August, 2011.

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