Naoko's smile (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Naokos smile |
| Original title | Noruwei no Mori ( ノ ル ウ ェ イ の 森 ) |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 133 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Trần Anh Hùng |
| script | Trần Anh Hùng |
| production | Shinji Ogawa |
| music | Jonny Greenwood |
| camera | Mark Lee Ping Bin |
| cut | Mario Battistel |
| occupation | |
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Naoko's smile ( Japanese ノ ル ウ ェ イ の 森 , Noruwei no Mori ; English title Norwegian Wood ) is a Japanese film by the director Trần Anh Hùng from 2010 . It is based on the novel Naoko's smile by Haruki Murakami .
action
Toru Watanabe is a calm and serious young man in the late 1960s Tokyo student revolt. His personal life falls after the loss of his best friend Kizuki, who inexplicably committed suicide. Toru enters a Tokyo university to escape his previous life. By chance he meets Kizuki's ex-girlfriend Naoko while out for a walk and they grow closer. Toru, Naoko and Kizuki had known each other since they were three years old, and they were united by a deep love and familiarity. Naoko is still devastated by the loss of Kizuki and in deep depression. Toru sleeps with Naoko on her 20th birthday. Shortly afterwards Naoko goes to a sanatorium near Kyoto, which is located in a remote forest landscape. Toru is tortured by this situation as he still has deep feelings for Naoko, which she is unable to reciprocate. Toru sees the impact of death on his life everywhere, while Naoko feels like an integral part of it has been lost forever. Toru continues his studies and in the spring semester he meets the attractive fellow student Midori, who embodies everything that Naoko is not: extroverted, lively and extremely self-confident. The story now accompanies Toru as he is torn between the two women in his life and has to choose between his past and his future.
publication
Naoko's smile premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in September 2010 in the competition for the Golden Lion . It was released in Japanese cinemas on December 11, 2010. The film opened in German cinemas on June 30th.
reception
Ralf Blau from the film magazine Cinema gave the film the top grade and described it as a “melancholy masterpiece of captivating beauty and clarity”. The director succeeds “masterfully in translating the simple language of the book into images that are as sensual as they are poetic”. The lexicon of the international film wrote: “The calmly developed film, located between poetic shots of nature and realistic exploration of everyday life, tells of the beauty and danger of youth and at the same time metaphorically reflects the state of mind of an entire generation.” Julia Teichmann from the Catholic film magazine film-dienst particularly praised the music and the camera work. Costume and equipment are modeled on the 1960s in great detail. In general, the camera work by Mark Li Ping Bing and the musical contribution by Jonny Greenwood received very good reviews. Björn Becher from Filmstarts.de also praised the performance of the leading actors. However, it is difficult for the viewer to build a bond with the characters and understand the feelings, since the scenes seemed too choppy. Heiko Thiele from Filmreporter.de rated the film negatively. The acting is very good and the pictures are impressive, but the director makes the story seem boring through his narrative. Mark Schilling of the Japan Times gave the film a moderate 2.5 out of 5 stars. The performance of Eriko Hatsune as Nagasawa's ex-girlfriend was particularly praised . Peter Bradshaw of the British Guardian described the film as " sensual " and " beautiful ". Overall, he awarded 4 out of 5 stars.
“Though over two hours long, the film only brings together fragments of Murakami's novel, but the splinters are so perfectly honed that they still cut to the heart. Beauty can hide in suffering, says Tran about his work. The meaning of his words shows Naoko's smile. "
“Everything is great, everything is good. But as an avid Murakami reader you come out of the cinema a bit disappointed and don't really know why. Perhaps you have already formed your own picture of history far too much. Maybe the film is too epic, too lengthy, too difficult to digest. Or is it the sad subject of the film that makes you mourn yourself for a long time? "
“ Norwegian Wood is definitely worth seeing, but not the big hit expected. This is due to Anh Hung Tran's staging, which never finds a coherent line and meanders too strongly between the various story set pieces, which also culminates in a far too tearful finale. Luckily, at least the soundtrack is so impressive that you can just let yourself be carried away by the music with pictures at times. "
Awards
Dubai International Film Festival 2010
- Muhr AsiaAfrica Best Composer for Jonny Greenwood
Asian Film Awards 2011
- Asian Film Award in the Best Camera category for Mark Li Ping-Bin
- Nomination in the category Best Female Leading Role for Rinko Kikuchi
- Nomination in the category Best Costume for Yen-Khe Luguern
Soundtrack
The music for the film comes from Radiohead member Jonny Greenwood and the German band Can . The Beatles' title Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) also plays an important role in the film. Even in the novel, this music is the occasion to commemorate the events in the 1960s and provided the template for the original title of the film.
| No. | title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mōsukoshi jibun no koto, kichinto shitai no |
| 2 | Sōgen, Kaze, Zōkibayashi |
| 3 | Mary, Mary So Contrary (from the Can album Monster Movie ) |
| 4th | Mata ai ni kurukara ne |
| 5 | Toki no senrei o ukete inai mono o yomu na |
| 6th | Reiko |
| 7th | Bring Me Coffee or Tea (from the Can album Tago Mago ) |
| 8th | Naoko ga shinda |
| 9 | Iiko dakara damattete |
| 10 | Ate monaku arukimawatta |
| 11 | 1/4-tone bloom |
| 12 | Don't Turn the Light On, Leave Me Alone (from Can's Soundtracks album ) |
| 13 | Watashi o toru toki wa watashi dake o totte ne |
| 14th | Hageshii genchō |
Web links
- Official German website
- Official Japanese website
- Norwegian Wood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Naoko's smile in the online film database
- Norwegian Wood atrotten tomatoes(English)
- Rainer Gansera: Frozen feelings. In: sueddeutsche.de . June 30, 2011, accessed July 1, 2011 .
- Kerstin Decker: Watanabe once had a girl. In: Zeit Online . July 1, 2011, accessed July 2, 2011 .
- Andreas Platthaus: The art of suggestion: “Naoko's smile”. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 29, 2011, accessed July 3, 2011 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Naoko's smile . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2011 (PDF; test number: 128 006 K).
- ↑ Naoko's smile: version view. In: online film database . Retrieved December 1, 2014 .
- ↑ Justin McCurry: bated breath as Norwegian Wood movie opens in Japan. Movie premieres in Japan, 23 years after Haruki Murakami's novel published. In: The Guardian . December 10, 2010, accessed June 22, 2011 .
- ↑ Ralf Blau: Naoko's smile - About this film. In: Cinema . Retrieved June 22, 2011 (July 2011 edition, p. 33).
- ↑ Naoko's smile. In: Lexicon of International Films . Retrieved June 22, 2011 (movie dates page).
- ↑ Julia Teichmann: Naoko's smile. (No longer available online.) In: film-dienst: Blog. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; Retrieved June 22, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Katrin Knauth: Beauty in suffering. In: kino-zeit.de. Retrieved June 25, 2011 .
- ↑ a b c Björn Becher: The film starts criticism of Naoko's smile. In: Filmstarts.de. Retrieved June 25, 2011 .
- ^ A b Peter Bradshaw: Norwegian Wood - review. In: The Guardian . March 10, 2011, accessed June 25, 2011 .
- ↑ Heiko Thiele: Naoko's smile. In: Filmreporter.de. Retrieved September 17, 2018 .
- ^ Mark Schilling: Norwegian Wood (Noruwei no Mori). Murakami's tale of crazy love falters on the big screen. In: Japan Times . December 10, 2010, accessed June 25, 2011 .
- ↑ Lida Bach: Naoko's smile. Between sadness and nothing. In: critic.de. April 15, 2011, accessed June 25, 2011 .
- ^ Norwegian Wood. (No longer available online.) Dubai International Film Festival, archived from the original on July 24, 2011 ; accessed on June 22, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 5th AFA Nominees & Winners by Film. (No longer available online.) Asian Film Awards, archived from the original on December 4, 2011 ; accessed on June 22, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
