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Griffin 2022-10-05 11:11:02
The Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami chose Vietnam-born director Chen Yingying for the film simply because "he is neither Japanese nor American."
Perhaps, he wanted the director to tell the story free of cultural prejudice. Because this is not an erotic movie, but a memoir of a Japanese youth in the 1960s. He tells the...
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Taya 2022-10-21 14:38:13
Lost in the Norwegian Forest
After hearing about Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Forest" for a long time, I haven't had time to read it. After watching the movie today, I feel that the name is well-deserved.
The story tells that the childhood sweethearts Kiyuki and Naoko fall in love with each other, but Naoko is thrown into...
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