Uploaded by nonesuchrecords on Feb 18, 2011
The official trailer for director Anh Hung Tran's adaptation of Haruki Murakami's bestselling novel Norwegian Wood, which opens in the UK on March 11, 2011. The soundtrack for the film, out March 8 on Nonesuch , features an instrumental score by Jonny Greenwood performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Emperor Quartet, as well as three tracks written and performed by CAN. For more information, visit http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/norwegian-wood-soundtrack.
Norwegian Wood (film)
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Plot
Set in the 1960s, high school student Toru Watanabe loses his best friend Kizuki after he inexplicably commits suicide. Toru, looking for a new life, enters a university in Tokyo. By chance, during a walk in a park Toru meets Kizuki's ex-girlfriend Naoko, and they grow close since 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, which she shares with Toru, she withdraws from the world and leaves for a sanitarium in a remote forest setting near Kyoto to regain some emotional stability. Watanabe is devastated by the situation, as he still has deep feelings for Naoko, but she is unable to reciprocate. He continues with his studies, and during the spring semester meets an attractive, vivacious fellow student Midori, who is everything that Naoko isn't. The story then follows Toru as he is torn between the two women in his life.
Set in the 1960s, high school student Toru Watanabe loses his best friend Kizuki after he inexplicably commits suicide. Toru, looking for a new life, enters a university in Tokyo. By chance, during a walk in a park Toru meets Kizuki's ex-girlfriend Naoko, and they grow close since 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, which she shares with Toru, she withdraws from the world and leaves for a sanitarium in a remote forest setting near Kyoto to regain some emotional stability. Watanabe is devastated by the situation, as he still has deep feelings for Naoko, but she is unable to reciprocate. He continues with his studies, and during the spring semester meets an attractive, vivacious fellow student Midori, who is everything that Naoko isn't. The story then follows Toru as he is torn between the two women in his life.
Cast
* Ken'ichi Matsuyama as Watanabe
* Rinko Kikuchi as Naoko
* Kiko Mizuhara as Midori
* Tetsuji Tamayama as Nagasawa
* Kengo Kora as Kizuki
* Reika Kirishima as Reiko Ishida
* Eriko Hatsune as Hatsumi
* Shigesato Itoi as the Professor
* Haruomi Hosono as the Record Shop Manager
* Yukihiro Takahashi as the Gatekeeper
* Ken'ichi Matsuyama as Watanabe
* Rinko Kikuchi as Naoko
* Kiko Mizuhara as Midori
* Tetsuji Tamayama as Nagasawa
* Kengo Kora as Kizuki
* Reika Kirishima as Reiko Ishida
* Eriko Hatsune as Hatsumi
* Shigesato Itoi as the Professor
* Haruomi Hosono as the Record Shop Manager
* Yukihiro Takahashi as the Gatekeeper
