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The Forest (2016)
Directed by Jason Zada
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Overview
Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Rated R | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Natalie Dormer | Eoin Macken | Stephanie Vogt | Osamu Tanpopo | Yasuo Tobishima | Ibuki Kaneda | Akiko Iwase | Kikuo Ichikawa | Noriko Sakura | Jozef Aoki | Yûho Yamashita | Taylor Kinney | Gen Seto | Terry Diab | Nadja Mazalica | Lidija Antonic | Takako Akashi | Yuriri Naka | Yukiyoshi Ozawa | Nemanja Naumoski | Tales Yamamoto | Meg Kubota | Mieko Wertheim | Rina Takasaki | Čarni Đerić | Yoshio Hasegawa | Masashi Fujimoto | Tatsujiro Oto | James Owen | Shintaro Taketani | Misaki Ishii
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/10/2016 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 5 stars |
| (Average) 5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Heard this was slow with little payoff to which the latter I can agree with. The “slowness” of this is more patterned from modern Japanese horror. Or at least late 90s/early 00s J-horror, which I actually appreciate. The first hour works in this method and I was into it. The final third, however, leans towards more western horror standards and falls flat. Doesn’t help that this is yet another story about the suicide forest in Japan which has been addressed plenty of times in film. It’s just not interesting as a premise any longer.
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