Norwegian Wood (2010)
Noruwei no mori (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 2h 13min
- Drama, Romance
- 11 Dec 2010 (Japan)
- Movie
Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
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Awards:
- 4 wins & 9 nominations.
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Cast
| Ken'ichi Matsuyama | ... |
Toru Watanabe
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| Rinko Kikuchi | ... |
Naoko
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| Kiko Mizuhara | ... |
Midori
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| Kengo Kôra | ... |
Kizuki
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| Reika Kirishima | ... |
Dr. Reiko Ishida
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| Eriko Hatsune | ... |
Hatsumi
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| Tokio Emoto | ... |
Storm Trooper
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Takao Handa | ... |
Midori's Father
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Yusuke | ... |
High School Classmate
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Yûki Itô | ... |
Student Activist
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Kentarô Tamura | ... |
Student Activist
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Makoto Sugisawa | ... |
Student Activist
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Kohei Yoshino | ... |
Student Activist
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Sawako Okuma | ... |
College Girl
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Haruka Masuda | ... |
College Girl
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Yui Higashiyama | ... |
College Girl
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Izumi Hirasawa | ... |
Midori's Friend
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Mariko Yamanaka | ... |
Midori's Sister (voice)
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Shinichi Hara | ... |
Dorm Student
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Wataru Ohshige | ... |
Dorm Student
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Tomoako Miyake | ... |
Dorm Student
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Masahiro Kobori | ... |
Dorm Student
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Shigesato Itoi | ... |
University Professor
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Haruomi Hosono | ... |
Record Shop Manager
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Yukihiro Takahashi | ... |
Gatekeeper
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| Tetsuji Tamayama | ... |
Nagasawa
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Rika Yasui Hammen | ... |
Extra (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Anh Hung Tran | ... | (as Tran Anh Hung) |
Written by
| Haruki Murakami | ... | (novel) |
| Anh Hung Tran | ... | (written by) (as Tran Anh Hung) |
Produced by
| Wouter Barendrecht | ... | co-executive producer |
| Satoshi Fukushima | ... | co-producer |
| Joe Ikeda | ... | associate producer |
| Chihiro Kameyama | ... | executive producer |
| Naoki Kusumoto | ... | producer: main title |
| Kaoru Matsuzaki | ... | associate producer |
| Mioko Ogawa | ... | assistant producer |
| Shinji Ogawa | ... | producer |
| Keizô Shukuzaki | ... | line producer (as Keizo Shukuzaki) |
| Masao Teshima | ... | executive producer |
| Michael J. Werner | ... | co-executive producer |
Music by
| Jonny Greenwood | ||
Cinematography by
| Ping Bin Lee | ... | director of photography (as Mark Lee Ping Bin) |
Editing by
| Mario Battistel | ||
Editorial Department
| Ado Ishii | ... | color management |
| Frédéric Busnel Joncour | ... | editing studio technical supervisor: Paris |
| Hiromichi Komai | ... | on-line editor |
| Caroline Lasselin | ... | editing studio organization and logistics: Paris |
| Stephane Lehembre | ... | editing studio organization and logistics: Paris (as Stéphane Lehembre) |
| Wataru Matsumota | ... | color management |
| Yov Moor | ... | digital intermediate consultant: post-production |
| Chikako Namba | ... | assistant editor |
| Ken Okada | ... | digital cinema mastering |
| Masashi Okoshi | ... | film recording (as Sho Ogoshi) |
| Masaharu Oomi | ... | color timer (as Masaharu Ohmi) |
| Kiyoshi Anatol Runze | ... | post-production coordinator: Paris |
| Seiji Saitô | ... | digital color grader (as Seiji Saito) |
| Yaori Sato | ... | color timer |
| Gilles Stella | ... | editing studio technical assistant: Paris |
Casting By
| Tsuyoshi Sugino | ||
Production Design by
| Fuminori Ataka | ||
| Norifumi Ataka | ||
| Nu Yên-Khê Tran | ... | (as Yên Khê Luguern) |
Set Decoration by
| Tetsuya Nomura | ||
| Ayaki Takagi | ||
Costume Design by
| Nu Yên-Khê Tran | ... | (as Yên Khê Luguern) |
Makeup Department
| Naoko Ikeo | ... | additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist |
| Kana Masuda | ... | additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist |
| Yûichi Matsui | ... | makeup effects artist (as Yuichi Matsui) |
| Manami Mayamoto | ... | additional makeup artist |
| Manami Miyamoto | ... | additional hair stylist |
| Etsuko Ohno | ... | additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist |
| Satoka Takakuwa | ... | assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist |
| Fumi Takeshita | ... | key hair stylist / key makeup artist |
| Chika Tanabe | ... | additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist |
| Masayo Tokuda | ... | additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist |
Production Management
| Takashi Ishihara | ... | production supervisor |
| Susumu Isono | ... | executive supervisor |
| Hiroyuki Ogawa | ... | supervisor |
| Yasushi Shiina | ... | executive supervisor |
| Yusuke Taguchi | ... | production manager |
| Shinji Takeuchi | ... | supervisor |
| Hironori Terashima | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Masaru Ikeda | ... | director: main title sequence |
| Hideaki Jimbo | ... | assistant director |
| Shôzô Katashima | ... | first assistant director (as Shozo Katashima) |
| Yu Koreyasu | ... | assistant director |
| Mitsutomo Maeda | ... | director: main title sequence |
| Koichi Tanaka | ... | assistant director |
| Yuko Yamamoto | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Satoshi Hashizume | ... | additional art director |
| Takumi Hirano | ... | additional set dresser |
| Nao Idei | ... | props |
| Kenji Iizuka | ... | construction foreman |
| Mai Ikeo | ... | set dresser |
| Gen Itô | ... | assistant art director |
| Kenji Iwai | ... | set dresser |
| Hironori Iwamoto | ... | assistant art director |
| Masashi Kumagai | ... | set construction supervisor |
| Chie Matsumoto | ... | additional set dresser |
| Kosuke Mito | ... | greensman |
| Mariko Mituzaki | ... | additional set dresser |
| Makiko Morita | ... | set dresser |
| Fumiori Nagashima | ... | construction foreman |
| Keisuke Sakurai | ... | set dresser |
| Kyoko Shimano | ... | painter |
| Aya Suzuki | ... | assistant art director |
| Naoko Takemura | ... | props |
| Miyuki Tanaka | ... | set dresser |
| Ayumi Tokuda | ... | set dresser |
| Chigusa Tsutsumi | ... | painter |
| Atsushi Yamaguchi | ... | door carpenter |
| Yasuhiro Yamauchi | ... | additional set dresser |
| Tsuyoshi Yamazaki | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
| Philippe Amouroux | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Fabrice Conesa | ... | foley artist / foley mixer |
| Yukio Hokari | ... | additional sound effects |
| Natsuko Inoue | ... | foley editor |
| Hiroshi Ishigai | ... | dialogue editor |
| Hideaki Ishii | ... | optical sound recordist |
| Takeshi Kawamata | ... | sound recordist |
| Fusako Kitagawa | ... | sound studio assistant |
| Vincent Maloumian | ... | foley assistant |
| Yujiro Miki | ... | sound recordist |
| Gadou Naudin | ... | foley artist |
| Noboru Nishio | ... | optical sound recording advisor |
| Miki Nomura | ... | sound studio engineer |
| Akihiko Okase | ... | sound effects supervisor |
| Takeshi Shimizu | ... | sound recordist |
| Kazuhiko Tomita | ... | sound recordist |
| Tomoharu Urata | ... | sound mixer (as Kazuharu Urata) |
| Niels Barletta | ... | sound mastering engineer (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| Hidekazu Kishiura | ... | special effects supervisor |
| Yoshitaka Makigi | ... | special effects technician |
| Kimiko Murai | ... | special effects technician |
| Chuji Shimajiri | ... | special effects supervisor |
| Isamu Terakado | ... | special effects technician |
Visual Effects by
| Shoko Azami | ... | compositor |
| Nobuya Ishida | ... | compositor |
| Keisuke Katohno | ... | digital matte |
| Hajime Matsumoto | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Minami Okuma | ... | compositor |
| Yukio Sakamoto | ... | compositor |
| Kiyohisa Shirao | ... | 3dcg / compositor |
| Daiwa Shôji | ... | compositor (as Daiwa Shoji) |
| Takashi Tanaka | ... | compositor (as Takashi Tanaka) |
| Naoto Tobe | ... | compositor |
| Manami Tsujino | ... | 3dcg director |
| Kazuhisa Yoshizawa | ... | digital artist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Ryohei Abe | ... | assistant lighting technician |
| Fumina Echizen | ... | additional grip |
| Jun Fukumoto | ... | cinematographer: autumn unit |
| Keigo Fukushima | ... | assistant camera operator: winter unit |
| Shiyi Gao | ... | assistant camera operator (as Gao Shi Yi) |
| Alan Gitlin | ... | digital imaging technician |
| Kenichi Hamada | ... | assistant lighting technician: winter unit |
| Takumi Hirai | ... | assistant lighting technician |
| Yoshiyuki Iida | ... | assistant camera operator |
| Arata Ishizuka | ... | best boy grip |
| Gen Ito | ... | assistant camera operator: autumn unit |
| Hiroki Izumi | ... | steadicam operator |
| Kouken Jinno | ... | assistant lighting technician |
| Yasuyuki Jitsuhara | ... | key grip |
| Kensuke Kitamura | ... | additional lighting technician |
| Megumi Kitamura | ... | underwater camera operator |
| Shigeto Kunii | ... | assistant camera operator |
| Hideo Kunimatsu | ... | camera department assistant |
| Koichi Kuroda | ... | still photographer |
| Takako Maji | ... | assistant camera operator: autumn unit |
| Yasushi Masuda | ... | additional lighting technician |
| Hiroshi Matsuda | ... | additional grip |
| Hiroyuki Matsudo | ... | underwater camera operator |
| Norito Matsumoto | ... | assistant lighting technician |
| Takahiro Mizuse | ... | assistant lighting technician |
| Yûki Nakamura | ... | lighting director |
| Masayuki Nishimura | ... | assistant lighting technician: winter unit |
| Hironobu Ohno | ... | assistant lighting technician |
| Keigo Ohnuki | ... | assistant lighting technician (as Keigo Onuki) |
| Tai Ouchi | ... | digital imaging technician assistant |
| Jun Saitô | ... | additional lighting technician (as Jun Saito) |
| Tetsuo Sano | ... | underwater camera operator |
| Ryota Sato | ... | additional grip |
| Hikaru Satô | ... | assistant camera operator: winter unit (as Hikaru Sato) |
| Kôta Satô | ... | additional lighting technician (as Kota Sato) |
| Yûdai Satô | ... | additional grip (as Yudai Sato) |
| Jun Shimogaito | ... | additional assistant camera operator |
| Takayuki Sugimura | ... | assistant camera operator |
| Yôsuke Suzuki | ... | additional grip (as Yosuke Suzuki) |
| Takemasa Tagishi | ... | additional grip |
| Satoshi Tani | ... | assistant lighting technician: winter unit |
| Sean Walker | ... | assistant camera operator |
Casting Department
| Ryuta Takaya | ... | casting associate |
| Yoichiro Yamaguchi | ... | extras casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Nami Shinozuka | ... | key costumer |
| Sayaka Takahashi | ... | key costumer |
| Miyuki Tanaka | ... | costumer |
Location Management
| Sachiko Hanaoka | ... | location manager |
| Atsushi Shimane | ... | location manager |
Music Department
| John Barrett | ... | pro tools operator |
| BBC Concert Orchestra | ... | musicians |
| Fiona Bonds | ... | musician: violin, The Emperor Quartet |
| Martin Burgess | ... | musician: violin, The Emperor Quartet |
| Bryce Edge | ... | music executive producer: Jonny Greenwood |
| The Emperor Quartet | ... | musicians |
| Jonny Greenwood | ... | composer: additional music |
| Takeshi Hayama | ... | live performance coordinator: Kobe |
| Clare Hayes | ... | musician: violin, The Emperor Quartet |
| Benjamin Hughes | ... | musician: cello soloist |
| Aiko Kakurai | ... | music coordinator |
| Joely Koos | ... | musician: cello, The Emperor Quartet |
| Toshitaro Kurata | ... | musical instrument instructor / musician |
| John Metcalfe | ... | musician: viola, The Emperor Quartet |
| Yuuki Motoya | ... | music 5.1 mix assistant |
| Charles Mutter | ... | musician: violin soloist |
| Erika Ohtake | ... | music recording engineer |
| Simon Rhodes | ... | score recordist |
| Kei Sato | ... | music editor |
| William Schofield | ... | musician: cello, The Emperor Quartet |
| Hiroshi Shimofusa | ... | assistant music editor |
| Graeme Stewart | ... | music 2.0 & 5.1 mixer: additional music / music 5.1 mixer / music mixer: The Emperor Quartet / music producer: The Emperor Quartet / music producer: additional music / music recordist: The Emperor Quartet / music recordist: additional music / recording producer |
| Eriko Tateno | ... | voice trainer |
| Sanchiko Tawa | ... | voice trainer |
| Rebecca Turner | ... | orchestra leader: BBC Concert Orchestra |
| Timothy Welch | ... | musician: viola soloist |
| Teru Yasui | ... | music producer (as Shin Yasui) |
| Robert Ziegler | ... | conductor: BBC Concert Orchestra / orchestral arrangements: BBC Concert Orchestra |
| Akihiko Ôno | ... | music 5.1 mixer (as Akihiko Ohno) |
| Amos Miller | ... | musician: trombone (uncredited) |
| Paul Pritchard | ... | assistant scoring engineer (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Kazuko Shingyoku | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
| Yoshiaki Asukada | ... | transportation |
| Takahiro Imanishi | ... | transportation |
| Yoshinari Inoue | ... | transportation |
| Hideki Iwamoto | ... | transportation |
| Takafumi Kondo | ... | transportation |
| Tashiyuki Koyama | ... | transportation |
| Akihiko Masuda | ... | transportation |
| Shinichiro Matsuo | ... | transportation |
| Ryota Miyazaki | ... | transportation |
| Seishi Ochi | ... | transportation |
| Tomohiro Sakai | ... | transportation |
| Kôichi Satô | ... | transportation |
| Tetsuya Takada | ... | transportation |
| Noboru Tonooka | ... | transportation |
| Takeshi Uehara | ... | transportation |
Additional Crew
| Yoko Amakawa | ... | assistant: Mr. Tran, winter unit |
| Keiko Amano | ... | production assistant |
| Eve Gabereau | ... | distribution |
| Sophie Glover | ... | press |
| Naomi Hatta | ... | assistant to producers |
| Naoki Hishikawa | ... | production assistant |
| Hitoshi Igaue | ... | assistant marine coordinator |
| Anna Ishikawa | ... | dialect coach |
| Yasuharu Kanda | ... | record shop set supervisor |
| Reiko Katayama | ... | assistant to producers |
| Kimihito Kato | ... | production legal |
| Hidemaru Koyanagi | ... | clearance |
| Junko Kusunoki | ... | clearance |
| Akira Matsueda | ... | production advisor |
| Kang Hong Mi | ... | translator and interpreter |
| Liz Miller | ... | press |
| Yume Murakami | ... | production accountant |
| Masaru Nakamura | ... | aquatic supervisor |
| Natsuko Nezu | ... | production accountant |
| Mariko Nishizawa | ... | assistant: Ms. Luguern |
| Mitsuru Obara | ... | billiards instructor |
| So Ohtsuka | ... | lab manager |
| Hana Okazaki | ... | assistant: Mr. Tran |
| Masatoshi Saito | ... | making of |
| Saori Sekiguchi | ... | title |
| Makoto Shibata | ... | lab coordinator |
| Hiroyuki Shimizu | ... | production legal |
| Kasumi Shimizu | ... | clearance |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | ... | student riots supervisor |
| Shigeharu Tokunaga | ... | production assistant: bilingual |
| Teruo Tsuda | ... | title |
| Masahiko Yaginuma | ... | swimming instructor |
| Yoko Yamane | ... | swimming instructor |
| Ken Yasui | ... | production assistant: winter unit |
| Yuji Yokoyama | ... | lab coordinator |
| Kayo Yoshida | ... | international marketing |
Production Companies
- Asmik Ace Entertainment
- Dentsu
- Fuji Television Network
- Kôdansha
- Sankei Shimbun
- Sumitomo Corporation
- WOWOW
Distributors
- Asmik Ace Entertainment (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Benelux Film Distributors (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Cinema Mondo (2011) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Curious Films (2011) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Edko Films (2010) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Esfera Filmes (2013) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Forum Hungary (2011) (Hungary) (theatrical)
- Inter-Film (2011) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
- Lumière Productie (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Mongrel Media (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Pandora Filmproduktion (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Premium Film (2010) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Pretty Pictures (2011) (France) (theatrical)
- Red Flag Releasing (RFR) (2012) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Soda Pictures (2011) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Toho (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Vértigo Films (2011) (Spain) (theatrical)
- AVA (2014) (Finland) (tv)
- Aerofilms (2011) (Czechia)
- Aerofilms (2011) (Slovakia)
- CP Digital (2010) (Russia) (CIS)
- Cathay-Keris Films (2011) (Singapore)
- Edko Films (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
- Edko Films (2011) (Hong Kong) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (tv) (limited)
- Fuji Television Network (2011) (Japan) (tv)
- Home Box Office Latin America (HBO) (2011) (Brazil) (tv) (Latin America)
- Lumière Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Lusomundo (2010) (Portugal)
- M6 Vidéo (2012) (France) (DVD)
- Mongkol Major (2011) (Thailand)
- PCV (2010) (Greece)
- Pan Vision (2011) (Finland) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Sahamongkolfilm Co. (2011) (Thailand)
- Serenity Entertainment International (2010) (Taiwan)
- Shanghai Huayu Film Company (2011) (China)
- Soda Pictures (2012) (United States) (DVD)
- United King Films (2011) (Israel)
- trigon-film (2020) (Austria)
- trigon-film (2020) (Switzerland)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Abbey Road Studios (score recording facility)
- Arquebuse (foley)
- BF Studio (music recording facility: The Emperor Quartet)
- Dolby Laboratories (sound mix)
- Fintage CAM (collection account management)
- Griffith (crane and grip equipment supplied by)
- Imagica (digital intermediate)
- Imagica (prints)
- Malakoff Studios (foley)
- Minami Azabu Studio Room (music 5.1 mixing studio)
- Nihon Shomei Co. (transportation services provided by)
- Nonesuch Records (soundtrack)
- Premier Public Relations (public relations)
- Sanwa Cine Equipment (camera equipment supplied by)
- Sanwa Pro Light (lighting equipment supplied by)
- Storm Rider Co. (extras casting)
- Technicolor (release printing)
- Vintage Books (novelization)
Storyline
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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. Written by Anonymous |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Rinko Kikuchi actively pursued a role in the film. Initially director Anh Hung Tran wasn't keen on casting her because of her raised profile following Babel (2006) but her audition tape convinced him otherwise. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Venice Film Festival 2010 (2010). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Norwegian Wood See more » |
| Quotes |
Toru Watanabe:
Nothing can heal the loss of a beloved. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can heal that sorrow. All we can do is live through the sorrow and learn something from it. But whatever we learn will be of no help in facing the next sorrow that comes along. See more » |