"The more the memories of Naoko inside me fade, the more deeply I am able to understand her. I know, too, why she asked me not to forget her. Naoko herself knew, of course. She knew that my memories ...

The director of a soon-to-be-released movie based on Haruki Murakami's book "Norwegian Wood" said it took him four years to win the approval of the Japanese author to adapt the popular novel. By The ...

“Norwegian Wood” is a confounding film, beginning with this: It’s most likely to appeal to fans of the Haruki Murakami novel on which it’s based, and they’re the least likely to enjoy it. That’s ...

Young love in all its agonies is something we've all experienced, and I'm pretty sure it's something we all remember at a visceral level, whether we're 14 or 95 or somewhere in between. Yet it's a ...

Norwegian Wood couldn’t have been released at a better time. Thanks to the success of IQ84, celebrated Japanese writer Haruki Murakami (A Wild Sheep Chase, Kafka on the Shore) has earned some time in ...

Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung crossed cultural and linguistic borders to direct his latest film, “Norwegian Wood,” based on the cult coming-of-age Japanese novel. The Oscar-nominated ...

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I had always loved the Beatles and vibed with “Norwegian Wood” when I encountered Haruki Murakami’s bestselling novel of 1987 by the same title. The book propelled me to contemplate the deeper ...

DESPITE its status as a perennial best-seller, Japanese author Haruki Murakami's 1987 novel Norwegian Wood remains the subject of an intense, cult-like devotion. Several attempts at a film adaptation ...

The big, bad wolf of teen angst lurks in the “Norwegian Wood,” starring Rinko Kikuchi (left) and Kenichi Matsuyama. For a sex movie, “Norwegian Wood” is about as dry as a pocketful of sand. Even for a ...