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The Mourning Forest

A beautiful and contemplative portrait of grief from Cannes-winning filmmaker Naomi Kawase (Sweet Bean, Still the Water).

Drama 2007 97 mins

Director: Naomi Kawase

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Overview

Machiko (Machiko Ono) is a young nurse who still carries the burden of her young son’s death. Shigeki (Shigeki Uda) is an elderly widower and a resident at the nursing home where Machiko works. After celebrating Shigeki’s birthday, Machiko takes him for a drive in the countryside, but their car breaks down and Shigeki absconds into the nearby forest. Machiko has no choice but to follow, and they become lost in the dense woodlands, before their fates eventually become entwined.

Drawing comparisons to the works of Shohei Imamura and Terrence Malick, Naomi Kawase’s The Mourning Forest is a hauntingly beautiful, symbolically rich masterpiece.

Director

Naomi Kawase

Featuring

Machi Ono , Makiko Watanabe , Shigeki Uda , Kanako Masuda and Makiko Ono

Genres

Drama

Certificate

emotionally intense scenes, bereavement theme, brief nudity

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese with English subtitles

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