Norwegian Wood vs Where the Wind Blows

Where the Wind Blows has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.4/10 for Norwegian Wood). Where the Wind Blows is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 13m. Norwegian Wood is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Norwegian Wood posterNorwegian Wood2010 VS Where the Wind Blows posterWhere the Wind Blows2025
Norwegian WoodWhere the Wind Blows
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 9.0/10
Year20102025
Length2h 13m1h 30m
GenresDrama, RomanceDrama, Romance, Western
Country–United States of America
DirectorTrần Anh HùngJohn Schimke
Main castKengo Kora, Eriko Hatsune, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara, Kenichi MatsuyamaMichelle Hurd, Lochlyn Munro, Gabriel Clark, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Mayes

Synopsis

Norwegian Wood

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.

Where the Wind Blows

Chase, a rugged cowboy and solitary drifter who closed off his heart long ago—until the day he impulsively does a kindness for a beautiful young woman, and everything changes over the course of three days.

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