Norwegian Wood

– Set in the 1960's, high school student Toru Watanabe loses his only friend Kizuki after he commits s..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 13 Minutes
Release Year:
2010
Original Name:
ノルウェイの森
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood (2010) - Also known as ノルウェイの森

Set in the 1960's, 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 ...

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Norwegian Wood (2010) - Trailer

Release Date:

11 Dec 2010

Language:

Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

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Upon hearing the song "Norwegian Wood," Toru (Matsuyama) remembers back to his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend. As the two try, in very different ways, to contend with their grief, Toru forms a bond with another woman, Midori.

Awards:

4 wins & 8 nominations.

Gross profit:

$13,000

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Internet Movie Database:
6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
Metacritic:
58%

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