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RUNTIME
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Clocks in at 151 minutes â on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
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The Forest of Love
"Is it love or is it a lie?"
2019 2h 31m JA
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6.3
MID
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100%
CERTIFIED FRESH
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6.2
IMDB
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6.3TMDB ¡ 177đ
100%Rotten Tomatoesâ
6.2IMDB ¡ 3,288
CrimeThriller
Synopsis
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A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.
âIs it love or is it a lie?â
Where to watch ¡ US
Cast
Kippei Shiina
Joe Murata
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Shin
Kyoko Hinami
Taeko
YOUNG DAIS
Jay
Eri Kamataki
Mitsuko Ozawa
Yuzuka Nakaya
Ami Ozawa
Denden
Shigeru Ozawa
Sei Matobu
Azumi Ozawa
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Sion Sono
- Writers
- Sion Sono
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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ERA
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Released 7 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Sion Sono, shot by Sohei Tanikawa. Note their partnership â DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Kenji Kato. Worth a dedicated listen after â most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Takayuki Masuda 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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Kippei Shiina and Shinnosuke Mitsushima and Kyoko Hinami carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Is it love or is it a lie?".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt10589914 â still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Sion Sono directs. Sohei Tanikawa behind the camera. Kenji Kato scores. Takayuki Masuda cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Clocks in at 151 minutes â on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
- 2Released 7 years ago.
- 3Directed by Sion Sono, shot by Sohei Tanikawa. Note their partnership â DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Kenji Kato. Worth a dedicated listen after â most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Takayuki Masuda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Kippei Shiina and Shinnosuke Mitsushima and Kyoko Hinami carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Is it love or is it a lie?".
- 8IMDB entry: tt10589914 â still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 10 themes, including "smoking", "supernatural", "trauma", "forest".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Sohei Tanikawa
- Original score
- Kenji Kato
- Editing
- Takayuki Masuda
- Production design
- Takashi Matsuzuka
- Makeup / hair
- Yayoi Sasaki
- Runtime
- 151 min ¡ 2h 31m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
- Certification (US)
- R
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100% đ Fresh
- IMDB rating
- 6.2/10 ¡ 3,288 votes
- MPAA
- TV-MA
Also by
Sion Sono
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- TK
TKD
JP
Key crew
- Production DesignTakashi Matsuzuka
- Makeup & HairYayoi Sasaki
- Set DecorationAyumi Tokuda
- ProducerHiroshi Muto
- EditorTakayuki Masuda
- EditorSion Sono
- Production ManagerYu Yamauchi
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- smoking
- supernatural
- trauma
- forest
- based on true story
- torture
- drinking
- death
- mental illness
- lgbt
Release history ¡ US
When it landed
- Digital2019-10-11R¡ Netflix
Also known as
International titles
- The Forest of LoveGB
- Ai-naki Mori de SakebeFR
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- Shout in the Loveless ForestJP
- å¨æ įąäšæŖŽååCN
