Subject: Norwegian Wood (2010) Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:10 pm
Title: ノルウェイの森 / Noruwei no Mori English title: Norwegian Wood Genre: Drama / Romance Release Date: 11 December 2010 Runtime: 128 min. Director: Anh Hung Tran Screenwriter: Anh Hung Tran Original work (novel): "Norwegian Wood" by Murakami Haruki
Synopsis: Set in the 1960's, high school student Watanabe Toru loses his only friend Kizuki 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 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 during the spring semester. Midori looks like a small animal that just came into the world...
Cast: Matsuyama Kenichi - Watanabe Toru Kikuchi Rinko - Naoko Mizuhara Kiko - Kobayashi Midori Tamayama Tetsuji - Nagasawa Kora Kengo - Kizuki Kirishima Reika - Reiko Hatsune Eriko - Hatsumi Emoto Tokio - Totsugeki Tai Itoi Shigesato - Theatre professor Hosono Haruomi - Record shop owner Takahashi Yukihiro - Gatekeeper Ito Yuki