The Buried Forest

2005 1h 33m JA

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 18

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Synopsis

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Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Karen
Machi
Tadanobu Asano
San-chan
Yuko Tanaka
Machi's mother
Mitsuru Hirata
Machi's father
Keiko Matsuzaka
Tomo's mother
Ittoku Kishibe
Mr. Marui
Hiromitsu Tosaka
Tomo
Akira Sakata
Fishmonger

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kōhei Oguri
Writers: Kōhei Oguri, Tsukasa Sasaki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nobuo Ogawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Karen and Tadanobu Asano and Yuko Tanaka carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0461604 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kōhei Oguri directs. Nobuo Ogawa cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 21 years ago.
2Editor Nobuo Ogawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
3Karen and Tadanobu Asano and Yuko Tanaka carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0461604 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.