Norwegian Wood (2010)
Original title: ノルウェイの森
Set in the 1960s, 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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Kenichi MatsuyamaToru Watanabe
Rinko KikuchiNaoko
Kiko MizuharaMidori
Reika KirishimaReiko Ishida
Eriko HatsuneHatsumi
Tetsuji TamayamaNagasawa
Tokio EmotoStorm Trooper
Kengo KoraKizukiTakao HandaMidori's Father
Shigesato ItoiProfessor
Haruomi HosonoRecord Shop Manager
Yukihiro TakahashiGatekeeperKeywords
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What is Norwegian Wood about?
Set in the 1960s, 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 ...
How long is Norwegian Wood?
Norwegian Wood has a runtime of 133 minutes.