Norwegian Wood
2010 2h 13m movie Film Japan

Norwegian Wood

ノルウェイの森

Synopsis

ノルウェイの森

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.

The 2009–2011 Japan Window

400 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Norwegian Wood sits at position #284.

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    #1

    Cobra the Animation

    ★ 9.4 · 2010

  2. Carnival Phantasm
    #2

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011

  3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
    #3

    Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    ★ 8.7 · 2009

  4. Mother
    #4

    Mother

    ★ 8.7 · 2010

  5. Hunter x Hunter
    #5

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011

  6. Maid Sama!
    #6

    Maid Sama!

    ★ 8.6 · 2010

  7. Steins;Gate
    #7

    Steins;Gate

    ★ 8.5 · 2011

  8. The Tatami Galaxy
    #8

    The Tatami Galaxy

    ★ 8.5 · 2010

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Norwegian Wood. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Norwegian Wood premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.3
TMDB Rating
181
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,424 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (25th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,514 of 1,933 (top 78%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Fuji Television Network, Sankei Shimbun, Sumitomo Corporation, dentsu, Kodansha
Runtime 2h 13m
Release Date December 11, 2010
IMDb tt1270842
Official Site www.norway-mori.com

Themes & Motifs

  • suicide
  • based on novel or book
  • sanitarium
  • young man
  • reading
  • kyoto
  • japan
  • 1960s

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