Norwegian Wood at FCCJ

[Eija Niskanen]

Dear Kinejapaners and Murakami Haruki fans, forewarding the following
FCCJ screening info:

SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 7 pm  20th floor

NORWEGIAN WOOD  (Noruwei no Mori) Japan, 2010  133 minutes
In Japanese with English subtitles

Directed and written by Tran Anh Hung
Based on the novel “Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami
Executive producers: Masao Teshima, Chihiro Kameyama, Michael J.
Werner, Wouter Barendrecht
Producer: Shinji Ogawa
Starring: Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara, Kengo Kora

Film courtesy of Toho

The Movie Committee is privileged to present this sneak preview of the
most hotly anticipated film of the year, ahead of its Japan rollout in
December.

Due to the film’s length, we will screen it separately from the Q&A
session, which will take place on Friday, November 26. Details will
follow as soon as the schedule is confirmed.

An adaptation of the 1987 worldwide bestseller by Haruki Murakami,
directed by the renowned Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung (“The Scent
of Green Papaya,” “The Vertical Ray of the Sun”) and starring two of
Japan’s most popular actors, the stunningly beautiful NORWEGIAN WOOD
faithfully captures the spirit of the original and elevates Murakami’s
prose to visually poetic heights. Matsuyama (“Death Note”) and Kikuchi
(“Babel”) are heartbreaking as the couple whose relationship is
haunted by the suicide of their best friend years ago.

Set in the 1960s during the period of student unrest, the film focuses
with Tran’s trademark languid sensuality on a young man’s awakening.
Drawn to both his emotionally unstable childhood friend and a much
sunnier, more outgoing young woman, he must negotiate the territory
between lust and love, life and death — with often devastating
results.

Please make your reservations at the FCCJ Reception Desk (3211-3161)
to allow for seating arrangements.

All movie screenings are private, noncommercial events restricted to
FCCJ members and their guests.

Karen Severns, Edwin Karmiol, Movie Committee


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Eija Niskanen
Baltic Sea - Japan Film Project
Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6
Musashino-shi
Tokyo 180-0004