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Norwegian Wood(Novel by Haruki Murakami (1987) and a Film by Tran Anh Hung(2010))

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  This is a poster for  Norwegian Wood . The poster art copyright is believed to belong to Asmic Ace, Fuji Television. Cover of  Norwegian Wood  photo by Markus Klinko & Indrani  http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/588156  1st English language edition Norwegian Wood  (ノルウェイの森, Noruwei no Mori) is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki  Murakami . The novel is a nostalgic story of loss and burgeoning sexuality. It is told from the first-person perspective of Toru Watanabe, who looks back on his days as a college student living in Tokyo.- Wikipedia If you are a Haruki Murakami fan, you would definitely say the book is better, but the movie itself has received some  accolades , after all,   Tran Anh Hung is an award winning director .  He didn't win for this movie, but he was noticed by different award giving bodies, and was nominated...wait, he did win in the Istanbul International film festival:  2011 Winner FIPRESCI Prize International Competition Noruwei no mori   (2010) If y