Norwegian Wood (2010)

Norwegian Wood is a 2010 Japanese movie written and directed by Tran Anh Hung and based on the best-selling 1987 novel of the same name by Haruki Murakami.

Movie info

Original title: ノルウェイの森
Transliterated title: Norway no Mori
Release date: December 11, 2010
Directed by: Tran Anh Hung
Written by: Tran Anh Hung (screenplay)
Haruki Murakami (novel)
Distributed by: Toho

Region 1 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Flatiron Film Company (US)
Out: May 15, 2012
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Region 3 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Edko (Hong Kong)
Out: Jul 15, 2011
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Region A Blu-ray (English subtitles)
Label: Edko (Hong Kong)
Out: Jul 15, 2011
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Region 2 PAL DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Soda Pictures (UK)
Out: Jul 4, 2011
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Region B Blu-ray (English subtitles)
Label: Soda Pictures (UK)
Out: Jul 4, 2011
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Plot

A college student named Watanabe is still haunted by his best friend’s suicide. One day, he runs into that friend’s girlfriend, Naoko and they wind up in a relationship together. However, Naoko becomes psychologically unstable and ends up in the hospital. Although Watanabe is worried about Naoko, he finds himself gradually getting closer to another girl, Midori, who he meets at university.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Kenichi Matsuyama	Watanabe
	Rinko Kikuchi	Naoko
	Kiko Mizuhara	Midori
	Tetsuji Tamayama	Nagasawa
	Kengo Kora	Kizuki
	Reika Kirishima	Reiko
	Eriko Hatsune	Hatsumi
	Tokio Emoto	Brown shirt
	Shigesato Itoi	University Professor
	Haruomi Hosono	Record shop manager
	Yukihiro Takahashi	Ami Hostel gatekeeper
	Takao Handa	Midori's father
	Yuki Ito	Student activist
	Kentaro Tamura	Student activist
	Makoto Sugisawa	Student activist
	Kohei Yoshino	Student activist
	Sawako Okuma	Classmate
	Haruka Masuda	Classmate
	Yui Higashiyama	Classmate
	Izumi Hirasawa	Midori's friend
	Mariko Yamanaka	Midori's older sister (voice)
	Shinichi Hara	Dorm student
	Wataru Oshige	Dorm student
	Tomoako Miyake	Dorm student
	Masahiro Kobori	Dorm student

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