Jyukai: The Sea of Trees Behind Mt. Fuji (2004)

Profile

Movie: Jyukai: The Sea of Trees Behind Mt. Fuji
Romaji: Ki no umi
Japanese: 樹の海

Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
Writer: Takeshi Aoshima, Tomoyuki Takimoto
Producer: Takeshi Aoshima
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Release Date: June 25, 2005
Runtime: 119 min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

At the foot of Mt. Fuji lies the so-called suicide forest, a notorious place where people wary of life can exhale their last gasp. The four different stories in Jyukai all focus on this truly existing forest in Japan, where amongst others a gentle yakuza and a retiring detective confront each other. The forest exhumes an atmosphere of dread and functions as a connecting factor between the different tales