Norwegian forest movie

Norwegian Wood is a film released in Japan in 2010. It is adapted from the novel of the same name by Haruki Murakami. It is directed by Chen Yingxiong and written by Haruki Murakami himself. Kenichi Matsuyama and Starring Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara and others.

The film tells the story of the love-hate entanglement between college student Watanabe and Naoko, Midori and others. It was released in Japan on December 11, 2010.

In 2011, the film won the Best Cinematography Award at the 5th Asian Film Awards and was shortlisted for the Golden Lion Award at the 67th Venice Film Festival.

After using a few scenes at the beginning to pave the way for Kizuki and Naoko's love affair, they directly entered Kizuki's suicide process. The exact reproduction of Kizuki's suicide process in the original work brings the audience into an invisible atmosphere of heaviness, hesitation and depression. In the roaring car engine, it seems that they have entered a world of fear with the Watanabes in the film. and a world of confusion.

Although compared with the smooth storytelling of the original work, the film gives the impression that the story lacks a sense of integrity. After some scenes were deleted due to censorship reasons, the various behavioral motivations of the characters in the story made it even more difficult to watch. Audiences who have not read the original work will find it difficult to understand.

However, Chen Yingxiong is Chen Yingxiong after all, and it makes sense that Haruki Murakami chose him among so many directors to adapt his works. Chen Yingxiong captured several essences of the original work to interpret Murakami's story.