Ahead of next Fridays release of Norwegian Wood, seems the UK press is in the grip of Haruki Murakami fever. Just the other day lead actress Rinko Kikuchi was interviewed by the Observer, now it’s the turn of director Tran Anh Hung speaking to Nosheen Iqbal of the Guardian, explaining how the film was made despite the fact that he didn’t speak Japanese, and even wrote the original script in French. THis has been greatly helped by both actress and director being in London to promote the film, thanks in part to the opening ceremony of the Pan-Asia Film Festival.

Expect a renewed interest into the authors work over the next few weeks – long over due…

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