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Norwegian Wood (2010)

December. 11,2010
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6.3
| Drama Romance

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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Jeanskynebu
2010/12/11

the audience applauded

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Fluentiama
2010/12/12

Perfect cast and a good story

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Stevecorp
2010/12/13

Don't listen to the negative reviews

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AutCuddly
2010/12/14

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

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fanbaz-549-872209
2010/12/15

This movie is a period movie. Big time. The sixties. Why the sixties? Okay. A guy is looking back because he heard a Beatles song. Please. This is a plot? Ten minutes in and a student kills himself. Then a guy talks about all the women he has had or hasn't had. Then there's some soft lighting and two virgins stop being virgins. And all the time the production designer is finding new ways to remind us that it is the sixties, full of naughty students telling their teachers what to do. This was big in the sixties. I was part of it. So I know. And there is the same sixtie's car in every shot in case you forget. Let us not forget the costume designer running around thrift stores looking for old shirts and finds them. Except they are 70's shirts. Hollywood has millions left over from all those terrible soaps. I switched off after 20 depressing minutes. But if you like soft porn and suicide and sixties coffee tables, pal. This is for you.

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Sindre Kaspersen
2010/12/16

Vietnamese-born French screenwriter and director Tran Anh Hung's fifth feature film which he wrote, is an adaptation of a novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami from 1987. It premiered In competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival in 2010, was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in 2010 and is a Japanese production which was shot on locations in Tokyo, Japan and produced by producer Shinji Ogawa. It tells the story about 19-year-old Watanabe, a drama student at a college in Tokyo in the late 1960s. Watanabe is far more interested in girls and reading books than in taking part in the political student movement, and during that summer he falls in love with his friend Kaeko.Distinctly and acutely directed by French filmmaker Tran Anh Hung, this romantic and humane fictional tale which is narrated by the main character, draws a pervasive portrayal of a young man's relationship with two contrary women. While notable for its versatile and atmospheric milieu depictions, stellar cinematography by Taiwanese cinematographer Mark Lee Ping Bin, production design by art director and production designer Norifumi Ataka and production designer Yuki Nakamura, costume design by Vietnamese actress and production designer Yên Khê Luguern, the fine editing by film editor Mario Battistel, use of colors and use of music, this narrative-driven and literary coming-of-age tale about sexual awakening, friendship and love contains a prominent score by English musician Jonny Greenwood.This rhythmic, somewhat elegiac, at times humorous and nuanced character piece about the incomparable force and excruciating pain of love, is impelled and reinforced by its mindful and frank dialog, cogent narrative structure, colorful and contradicting characters, involving studies of character, multiple viewpoints and the charming and commendable acting performances by Japanese actor Kenichi Matsuyama and Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi and Japanese actress Kiko Mizuhara in her debut feature film role. A distinct and sterling love-story which gained, among other awards, the Asian Film Award for Best Cinematographer Mark Lee Ping Bin at the 5th Asian Film Awards which were presented by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society in 2011.

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vulpeshu
2010/12/17

Well... This is my first review, but I try to keep it short.SPOILER!!This movie is not for everyone, but not because of the sex-scenes, or the suicides. You can not get the whole picture of the story, after seeing it, 'cause there are really big holes in the plot. Holding back information from the viewer is not making it more mysterious, only confusing everything up. The ending of the movie is slightly different from the book. It's a bit more direct, but it's also leaves you to imagine future of the main character.SPOILER OFFDo not watch this film, before reading the original book, from Mr.Murakami Haruki. Trust me, you'll need it, because the cast of the film is not so good, to channel all the emotions of the story.BUT, don not read the book, or watch the film, if you're not into sad, romantic dramas. It's the best, if you're going to watch it with you boy/girlfriend, some hugs at the end should come in handy :)

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tha-13
2010/12/18

This pretentious movie is beyond art-house-cinema at its worst, because it isn't art. Because it has no touch what so ever with human emotions it is unbearable to watch, and you cannot help feeling, that it must all of sudden turn into a comedy - but unfortunately it does not. It wants to be a movie about sexuality and loss, but since it is made by the mind of a materialist it looks and feels like a series of scenes with abused young actors in a bad commercial for a dress-label and a Russian vodka. It wants to show off and take an existential view on the important and always vivid subject of coming-of-age, but the level of wisdom and spiritual depth is perhaps the most shallow, I have seen since "plan 9 from outer space". Watch Bille August "Zappa" or Jacob Aron Estes' "Mean creek" instead.

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