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NORWEGIAN WOOD is a moving story of loss and sexuality set in Tokyo in the late 1960s against a time of global instability. Watanabe (Japanese rising star Kenichi Matsuyama, Death Note, Detroit Metal City) looks back on his days as a freshman university student living in Tokyo. Through his reminiscences, we see him develop relationships with two very different women, the beautiful yet emotionally troubled Naoko (Oscar nominee Rinko Kikuchi, Babel), and the outgoing, lively Midori (Japanese-Korean model-actress Kiko Mizuhara.) The film's gorgeous cinematography is by Mark Lee Ping Bin (IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP). Originally published in 1987, Murakami's novel has since been translated into 33 languages and published in 36 countries. Vietnam-born and Paris-based writer-director Tran Anh Hung was nominated for an Academy Award for THE SCENT OF THE GREEN PAPAYA and won a Golden Lion in the Venice Film Festival for CYCLO. NORWEGIAN WOOD is his fifth feature.
Original Release
12/11/2010
US Release
01/06/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ken'ichi Matsuyama | Toru Watanabe |
Rinko Kikuchi | Naoko |
Kiko Mizuhara | Midori |
Kengo Kora | Kizuki |
Reika Kirishima | Dr. Reiko Ishida / Reiko Ishida |
Eriko Hatsune | Hatsumi |
Tokio Emoto | Storm Trooper |
Takao Handa | Midori's Father |
Yusuke | High School Classmate |
Yûki Itô | Student Activist / Sect student |
Directors
Writers
Anh Hung Tran, Haruki Murakami
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ken'ichi Matsuyama | Toru Watanabe |
Rinko Kikuchi | Naoko |
Kiko Mizuhara | Midori |
Kengo Kora | Kizuki |
Reika Kirishima | Dr. Reiko Ishida / Reiko Ishida |
Eriko Hatsune | Hatsumi |
Tokio Emoto | Storm Trooper |
Takao Handa | Midori's Father |
Yusuke | High School Classmate |
Yûki Itô | Student Activist / Sect student |
Kentarô Tamura | Student Activist |
Makoto Sugisawa | Student Activist |
Kohei Yoshino | Student Activist |
Sawako Okuma | College Girl |
Haruka Masuda | College Girl |
Yui Higashiyama | College Girl |
Izumi Hirasawa | Midori's Friend |
Mariko Yamanaka | Midori's Sister |
Shinichi Hara | Dorm Student |
Wataru Ohshige | Dorm Student |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Wouter Barendrecht | Executive Producer |
Chihiro Kameyama | Executive Producer |
Masao Teshima | Executive Producer |
Michael J. Werner | Executive Producer |
Satoshi Fukushima | Producer |
Joe Ikeda | Producer |
Naoki Kusumoto | Producer |
Kaoru Matsuzaki | Producer |
Mioko Ogawa | Producer |
Shinji Ogawa | Producer |
Keizô Shukuzaki | Producer |