Movie
The Forest
2016R1h 33m5.2 / 10
Everyone comes here looking for a way out
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.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Forest
Cast
Natalie DormerSara / Jess Price
Eoin MackenRob
Stephanie VogtValerieOsamu TanpopoHomeless Man
Yasuo TobishimaSushi Chef
Ibuki KanedaMei (Schoolgirl)
Akiko IwaseHead TeacherKikuo IchikawaBusinessman
Credits
- Directed by
- Jason Zada
- Written by
- Ben Ketai, Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwell
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $37.6M
Production
- Lava Bear FilmsUnited States
AI FilmUnited Kingdom
Phantom FourUnited States
Themes
aokigaharachildhood traumafemale protagonisthaunted forestidentical twinlost in the woodsmount fuji, japansister sister relationship
