One of the Movies I Most Regret Watching: Norwegian Wood

I recently started my metalworking internship, leaving early and coming back late every day, super busy, and I'm also feeling a bit unwell, so when I finally had a bit of free time, I watched this movie with my piggy, and the whole thing felt super oppressive (and I started running a fever after watching it)—who can take that?

It might be because the movie is too short, but the plot is very tight and the scene changes are abrupt; people who haven't read the original novel might have a hard time following.

Overall, this movie is fairly faithful to the original; the main characters all have a strong sense of immersion, especially Naoko. When she first appears, I still felt she wasn't as pretty as described in the original. Although a few shots have that Japanese-style sense of aesthetic beauty, you can see from her eyes that kind of despair that cuts to the bone and is beyond saving...

Look at the photo below, Naoko's vacant eyes

If I had to find one sentence to sum it up, I think it would be [a failed self-redemption], because almost everyone in this movie is attempting futile self-redemption: from Kizuki, who kills himself as soon as he appears, to Naoko, who sinks into depression and ultimately kills herself, to Hatsumi, who loves but cannot have, marries someone else, and then also kills herself. In the end they all struggle their way toward despair, and even the audience outside the screen is left with a deep sense of powerlessness.