Norwegian Wood

International Title

Norwegian Wood

Japanese Title

ノルウェイの森
[Noruwei no Mori]

Production: Asmik Ace / Fuji TV / Kodansha / WoWow / Sumitomo / Dentsu / Sankei Shimbun
Distributor: Toho	Japan: 2010
	Time: 104 minutes

Initial US Title

Norwegian Wood

US Distributor: Red Flag Releasing (2012)	Time: 104 minutes
Alternate Movie Titles:
Tokyo Blues [Spanish] The Ballad of the Impossible [French] Naoko's Smile [German]
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Details

Toru Watanabe, a young man growing up in 1960s Japan, struggles to understand the meaning of love and companionship in a chain of events following the suicide of Kizuki, his best friend from high school. Watanabe becomes drawn to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, as well as an adventurous fellow student named Midori.

Staff
Directed by Anh Dung Tran Writing credits Anh Dung Tran, Haruki Murakami Produced by Shinji Ogawa, Satoshi Fukushima, Joe Ikeda, Chihiro Kameyama, Kaoru Matsuzaki, Mioko Ogawa, Keizo Shukuzaki, Masao Teshima Music by Jonny Greenwood Cinematography by Ping Bin Lee Film Editing by Mario Battistel Production Design by Norifumi Ataka, Tran Nu Yen-Khe Assistant Director Shozo Katashima, Yu Koreyasu, Hideaki Jimbo Director of Special Effects Hidekazu Kishiura, Chuji Shimajiri
Cast
Asuka Matsuda Maki Horikita Naoko Rinko Kikuchi Toru Watanabe Ken'ichi Matsuyama Midori Kiko Mizuhara Hatsumi Eriko Hatsune Kizuki Kengo Kora Nagasawa Tetsuji Tamayama Reiko Ishida Reika Kirishima Theatre Professor Shigesato Itoi Record Shop Owner Haruomi Hosono Storm Trooper Tokio Emoto Midori' Father Takao Handa Gatekeeper Yukihiro Takahashi - Yuki Ito - Kentaro Tamura - Yusuke - Kohei Yoshino - Makoto Sugisawa
Monster Appearances	Aliens, SDF, Misc
None	N/A

Posters

Japan

Box Office
Release Date: December 11th, 2010 (Japan) Opening Weekend: ¥183,081,714 / $2,182,142 (Japan, 312 Screens) Total: ¥1,400,000,000 / $17,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure) Release Date: January 6th, 2012 (US) Opening Weekend: $13,000 (US, 3 Theaters) Total: $13,000 (US)

DVDs and Blu-Ray

Region 1 Norwegian Wood New Video Group (2012)

Reviews

Patrick Galvan

August 7, 2014

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