Norwegian Wood is a movie directed by Anh Hung Tran in 2010 and based on the book of the same name by Haruki Murakami, first published in 1987. The movie features Ken’ichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara, Kengo Kôra, Reika Kirishima, Eriko Hatsune, and others.
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Storyline
Toru Watanabe is a quiet and serious young man in 1960s Tokyo whose personal life is in tumult, having lost his best friend Kizuki after he inexplicably commits suicide. Seeking an escape, Toru enters a university in Tokyo. By chance, during a walk in a park, Toru meets Kizuki’s ex-girlfriend Naoko, and they grow close. Naoko continues to be devastated by the loss of Kizuki and spirals into a deep depression.
Movie vs Book
Year
2010
Minutes
133
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
Norwegian Wood
Original title: Noruwei no mori
Director: Anh Hung Tran
Country: Japan
Year: 2010
Length: 2h13m
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Year
1987
Pages
296
Book Rate
8.06
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Book
Norwegian Wood
Original title: Noruwei no Mori
Author: Haruki Murakami
Country: Japan
First published in: 1987
Length: 296 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“I think of a book and a movie as two separate things. I don't think of it as my novel having a new life.”
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