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Summary:

"Tokyo, the late 1960s. Students around the world are uniting to overthrow the establishment and Toru Watanabe's personal life is similarly in turmoil. At heart, he is deeply devoted to his first love, Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman. But their complex bond has been forged by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Watanabe lives with the influence of death everywhere. That is, until Midori, a girl who is everything that Naoko is not, outgoing, vivacious, and supremely self-confident, marches into his life and Watanabe must choose between his past and his future"--Container.

Contributors:

Ogawa, Shinji , film producer

Trân, Anh Hùng, 1963- , film director, screenwriter

Matsuyama, Ken'ichi, 1985- , actor

Kikuchi, Rinko, 1981- , actor

Mizuhara, Kiko, 1990- , actor

Kōra, Kengo, 1987- , actor

Kirishima, Reika, 1972- , actor

Hatsune, Eriko, 1982- , actor

Emoto, Tokio, 1989- , actor

Li, Pingbin, 1954- , director of photography

Battistel, Mario , editor of moving image work

Greenwood, Jonny , composer

Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

Asumikku Ēsu Entateinmento Kabushiki Kaisha , film production company

Fuji Terebijon, Kabushiki Kaisha , film production company

Red Flag Releasing (Firm) , film production company

Soda Pictures (Firm) , film production company

Norwegian Wood Film Partners (Firm) , film production company

Flatiron Film Company , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

New Video Group , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Main Work:

Noruwei no mori (Motion picture)

Related Works:

Noruwei no mori [by Murakami, H.]

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Norwegian wood
English title from subtitles and container: Norwegian wood

Subjects:

Psychosexual disorders — Drama

Man-woman relationships — Drama

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) — Drama

Psychosexual disorders

Man-woman relationships

Triangles (Interpersonal relations)

Genres:

Motion pictures

Film adaptations

Feature films

Romance films

Fiction films

Drama

System Details:

DVD ; Dolby Digital stereo. and 5.1 soundtracks ; NTSC.

Performers:

Matsuyama Ken'ichi, Kikuchi Rinko, Mizuhara Kiko, Kōra Kengo, Kirishima Reika, Hatsune Eriko, Emoto Tokio.

Production Credits:

Music score by Jonny Greenwood ; director of photography, Mark Lee Ping Bin ; production designer, Yên Khê Luguern, Norifumi Ataka ; editor, Mario Battistel.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
Based on the novel by Haruki Murakami.
"Red Flag Releasing, Soda Pictures, Asmik Ace Entertainment and Fuji Television Network present in association with Norwegian Wood Film Partners"--Container.
Special features: the making of Norwegian wood; Venice featurette.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; stereo

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video

Call Numbers:

NOR 2010 DVD

ISBNs:

1422918734
9781422918739

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 767685269206
Publisher Number, New Video Group: NNVG269200

OCLC Numbers:

793547525