Drama · Japan · 2007 · 1h 38m

The Mourning Forest

殯の森

The Mourning Forest poster
Director
Naomi Kawase
Cast
Machiko Ono as Machiko Shigeki Uda as Shigeki Makiko Watanabe as Wakako Yoichiro Saito as Machiko's Husband Kanako Masuda as Mako Yūsei Yamamoto as
Crew
Hideyo Nakano — Director of Photography Masamichi Shigeno — Original Music Composer Naomi Kawase — Screenplay Naomi Kawase — Producer Christian Baute — Producer Toshihiro Isomi — Production Design
Synopsis

A young woman working at a retirement home takes an elderly man living there on an excursion into the countryside, but the two wind up stranded in the titular forest.

Trailer The Mourning Forest — Official Trailer
Official Trailer youtube.com
Mood & Themes
attachment to naturesadnessforestnursing homewoman director
Key Collaborators
Naomi Kawase Director Hideyo Nakano Director of Photography Masamichi Shigeno Original Music Composer Naomi Kawase Screenplay Naomi Kawase Producer Christian Baute Producer Toshihiro Isomi Production Design
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