Funky Forest
Appearance
(Redirected from Naisu no mori: The First Contact)
Funky Forest | |
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Directed by | Katsuhito Ishii Hajime Ishimine Shunichiro Miki |
Written by | Katsuhito Ishii Hajime Ishimine Shunichiro Miki |
Produced by | Norihisa Harada |
Starring | Tadanobu Asano Susumu Terajima Ryō Kase Rinko Kikuchi Mariko Takahashi Hideaki Anno |
Cinematography | Kosuke Matsushima Hiroshi Machida |
Music by | Midorikawa Tooru |
Distributed by | AOI Promotion |
Release dates | |
Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Languages | Japanese Mandarin English |
Funky Forest: The First Contact (ナイスの森 THE FIRST CONTACT, Naisu no Mori THE FIRST CONTACT, lit. "Nice Forest: The First Contact"), also known as Funky Forest: The First Encounter or simply Funky Forest, is a 2005 Japanese surrealist anthology science fiction comedy film co-written and co-directed by Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine and Shunichiro Miki. It is composed of several storylines, some of which coincide, most of which are comical.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Tadanobu Asano
- Susumu Terajima
- Ryō Kase as Takefumi
- Rinko Kikuchi
- Mariko Takahashi
- Hideaki Anno
- Moyoco Anno
- Kazue Fukiishi
- Chiduru Ikewaki
- Shihori Kanjiya
Release
[edit]The film was released on Region 1 DVD in March 2008.[2]
The film was released on Region Free Blu Ray by Error 4444 together with Third Window Films United States, Canada and Europe in 2021.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cinema Strikes Back". Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- ^ "Cinematical". Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- ^ "Error 4444". Retrieved 18 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Funky Forest at IMDb
- Funky Forest at AllMovie
Categories:
- 2005 films
- 2005 science fiction films
- 2000s Japanese-language films
- 2000s Mandarin-language films
- Japanese anthology films
- Japanese comedy films
- Films directed by Katsuhito Ishii
- New People films
- 2005 comedy films
- 2000s English-language films
- 2000s Japanese films
- 2000s Japanese film stubs
- 2000s comedy film stubs