With his striking visual sense and gift for conjuring a mood of languid sensuality, Tran Anh Hung would seem the ideal filmmaker to tackle “Norwegian Wood,” Haruki Murakami’s beguiling novel ...

Norwegian Wood was Murakami's first major hit in Japan and pushed the author into literary superstardom. After the novel's initial release in 1987, Norwegian Wood became a cultural icon.

At its most romantic, “Norwegian Wood” is as swoony as Wong Kar-Wai at his most lovesick, but this is a rare romance where discussion of sex (and sexual dysfunction) occurs throughout without ...

But Murakami over the years rejected offers to turn the novel into a film. Then came award-winning director Tran Anh Hung, a fan of the novel who approached the author about five years ago.

VENICE, Italy — 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 French-Vietnamese director who adapted Haruki Murakami's best-selling novel "Norwegian Wood" says his film has cleared censors in China, paving the way for the classic coming-of-age story to ...

“Norwegian Wood” is deservedly praised for its profound depiction of love and coming-of-age, but this praise might be misdirected. Though most readers would agree the central conflict of the ...

I can’t say this review is exactly timely. Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s "Norwegian Wood" was published in 1987 and finally translated into English in 2000, so I’m about nine years behind schedule ...

While “Norwegian Wood” suffers from familiar adaptation problems — truncated supporting roles, excessive voiceover — Tran makes a strong, committed effort to turn prose into poetry, and to ...

The fact that "Norwegian Wood" is based on Haruki Murakami's 1987 international best-seller should encourage many viewers to give this long, elegantly shot, sporadically involving Japanese film a try.