Videos about Norwegian Wood and the Venice Film Festival have been added to Kenichi Matsuyama Media.

I’ve added a new picture of the Norwegian Wood flyer so check it out!

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This year’s Venice Film Festival (September 1-11) will have two Japanese movies in the competition section, vying for the prestigious Golden Lion award. One is Tran Anh Hung’s “Norwegian Wood,” adapted from Haruki Murakami’s novel of the same name, and the other is Takashi Miike’s “13 Assassins” remake.

American director Quentin Tarantino is heading this year’s judging panel, who will decide the Golden Lion recipient on the festival’s final day. The award has been won by three Japanese films so far: Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” in 1951, Hiroshi Inagaki’s “Rickshaw Man” in 1958, and Takeshi Kitano’s “HANA-BI” in 1997.

“13 Assassins” (starring Koji Yakusho) is opening in Japan on September 25, while “Norwegian Wood” (starring Kenichi Matsuyama and Rinko Kikuchi) is slated for December.

UPDATE: It has also been announced that Sion Sono’s “Cold Fish” will compete in the Orizzonti section of the festival.

The first trailer for Norwegian Wood has been released. Check it out!

07 Norwegian Wood news segments including movie clips have been added to the media site!

The live-action movie adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s popular novel “Norwegian Wood” has actually received approval to use the original Beatles song of the same name as its theme song.

The song “Norwegian Wood,” first recorded on the 1965 Beatles album “Rubber Soul,” inspired the title of Murakami’s novel when he published it in 1987. The song is a thematic element of the story, and the film will faithfully include it in multiple scenes. Although director Tran Anh Hung felt it was only natural to use “Norwegian Wood” as the movie’s theme song, negotiations were still incomplete by the time filming wrapped up last August.

Apple Records, which owns the rights to the Beatles catalog, initially refused. The film’s producer considered having another artist cover the song, but Hung insisted that the original should be used. His perseverance paid off, as he finally secured approval in December. Apple had a policy against using the Beatles’ version of the song in a commercial work, but the company ultimately made an exception for the “Norwegian Wood” adaptation, reportedly taking into account the tremendous popularity of the Murakami novel. So far, it has been translated into 36 languages and has sold 10 million copies in Japan alone.

The last time a Beatles tune was the theme song for a Japanese film was nearly 30 years ago in 1981, when “Let It Be” was used in “Akuryou Tou.”

The “Norwegian Wood” movie, which stars Kenichi Matsuyama (25) and Rinko Kikuchi (29), opens in theaters this December.

I’ve added in the gallery pictures from January to May including movie stills, public appearances, magazine scans and more! Enjoy

[024x] Public Appearances > 2010 > March 2010: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Stage Greeting

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[001x] Movies > 2010 > Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac > Promotional Photos > Posters
[003x] Movies > 2010 > Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac > Promotional Photos > Flyers & Pamphlets
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I found one more still from Norwegian Wood!

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I’ve added in the gallery 03 stills from the upcoming movie Norwegian Wood.

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Check out the first on set photo from Norwegian Wood.

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I’ve added 01 new still from Norwegian Wood to the gallery. Enjoy!

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