Norwegian Wood (2010)
Starring Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara
Directed by Tran Anh Hung
Set in the 1960s, high school student Toru Watanabe 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 ...
Runtime: 133 min.
Rating: 6.6
DVD
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Genres: Drama,Romance
Keywords: suicide,based on novel or book,sanitarium,the beatles,teenager,young man,reading,kyoto japan,1960s
Cast
Toru Watanabe
Naoko
Midori
Reiko Ishida
Hatsumi
Nagasawa
Storm Trooper
Kizuki
Midori's Father
Professor
Record Shop Manager
Gatekeeper