As I have mentioned before, adapting Haruki Murakami’s works in cinema is definitely an arduous task, due to the surrealism, the minimalism, the abstractness and the lack of action and “proper” finale that characterize most of his novels. However, Tran Anh Hung’s effort was quite successful, particularly due to Mark Lee’s cinematography, Johnny Greenwood’s music and the connection with the homonymous song by The Beatles.
The story takes place during the 60’s and begins with the school years of three friends, Toru, Kizuki and Naoko, with the last two being a couple since childhood almost. At one point, and without any particular reason, Kizuki commits suicide and Toru, who had no other friends except him, moves to Tokyo to study but also to get away from the pain. While there, he meets Naoko again and the two start hanging out, joined, in some way,...
The story takes place during the 60’s and begins with the school years of three friends, Toru, Kizuki and Naoko, with the last two being a couple since childhood almost. At one point, and without any particular reason, Kizuki commits suicide and Toru, who had no other friends except him, moves to Tokyo to study but also to get away from the pain. While there, he meets Naoko again and the two start hanging out, joined, in some way,...
- 1/18/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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