Genre: Romantic Drama
Director: TRAN Anh Hung
Cast: Kenichi MATSUYAMA
Rinko KIKUCHI
Kiko MIZUHARA
Reika KIRISHIMA
Kengo KORA
Eriko HATSUNE
Tetsuji TAMAYAMA
Writers: TRAN Anh Hung
Rating: MA15+
Run Time: 133 minutes
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.
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.