7 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Upon hearing the song "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles, a man named Toru Watanabe reflects on his teenage years in 1960s Japan.
Starring: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara, Kengo Kora, Eriko HatsuneForeign | 100% |
Drama | 77% |
Romance | 22% |
Coming of age | 3% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Nominated for Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, Tran Anh Hung's "Noruwei no mori" a.k.a "Norwegian Wood" (2010) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Soda Pictures. The supplemental features on the disc include the film's original theatrical trailer; long making of featurette; footage from the film's premiere in Japan; poster gallery; and more. In Japanese, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
Midori and Watanabe
Presented din its original aspect of 2.39:1, encoded with MPEG-4 and granted a 1080p transfer, Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Soda Pictures.
Soda's high-definition transfer is excellent -- fine object detail is very good, while clarity and contrast levels are consistently pleasing. Portions of the film have some rather bold color manipulations that look fantastic in 1080p (a few of the intimate scenes have a strong blue tint, while elsewhere bright yellow and green are the prominent colors). Natural light is also used in a variety of different ways.
Edge-enhancement is never a serious issue of concern. Selected sequences have an interesting thick look (contrast and colors are slightly boosted), but there are no traces of overzealous sharpening. Denoising corrections have not been performed. Also, the high-definition transfer is not plagued by heavy artifacts or halo effects. There are no serious stability issues to report in this review either. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray disc. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free PS3 or SA in order to access its content).
There is only one audio track on this Blu-ray disc: Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. For the record, Soda Pictures have provided optional English subtitles for the main feature. When turned on, they split the image frame and the black bar below it.
The Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio track is practically flawless. Falling rain or wind blowing, for instance, could be heard with impressive clarity. Jonny Greenwood's melancholic music score has also benefited from the strong loseless treatment - there are lovely solos that enhance the visuals exceptionally well. The dialog is crisp, clean, stable, and very easy to follow. The English translation is also impressive.
Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood is a beautifully lensed, genuinely moving film that will likely impress just as many viewers as it will undoubtedly frustrate. Because of the complex structure of the narrative, the film is incredibly difficult to warm up to. Still, I think that it is well worth seeing. The Blu-ray disc herein reviewed, courtesy of Soda Pictures, looks and sounds fantastic. RECOMMENDED.
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