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67% Critic Match
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
“The Original POV”
6.7 / 10• 2022• 2h 3m•NR• Japanese
Horror
Storyline
A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi and his assistant director named Miho Ichikawa visit a house deep in wooded mountains to film a movie. Once arrived, they meet a mentally deranged woman named Maria Miyoshi who proclaims she's a fan of Kuroishi's works. The woman pleads that she's experienced the same things as documented in Kuroishi's works. Unexplainable phenomena quickly begin to happen, so Kuroishi sets out to document these experiences and turn them into a film, together with the help of a 'super volunteer' named Shôhei Uno and a handsome psychic medium named Nanashi.
Cast & Crew
Mayu Hotta
Miho Ichikawa
Lead
Miwako Kakei
Maria Miyoshi
Hiroki Iijima
Nanashi
Nobue Iketani
Natsuko Oura
Hideo Nakano
Hiroshima Soten
Koji Shiraishi
Kôji Kuroishi
Shohei Uno
Shôhei Uno
Marika Yamakawa
Kako Kobayashi
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Koji Shiraishi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
