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The Sea of Trees
In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.
2016 · Directed by Gus Van Sant · 110 min · Drama · 12 frames
Tagline
Love will bring you home.
Crew
- Screenplay: Chris Sparling
- Cinematography: Kasper Tuxen
- Edited by: Pietro Scalia
- Music: Mason Bates
- Production design: Alex DiGerlando
- Produced by: F. Gary Gray, Chris Sparling, Ken Kao, Kevin Halloran
Cast
- Matthew McConaughey as Arthur Brennan
- Ken Watanabe as Takumi Nakamura
- Naomi Watts as Joan Brennan
- Katie Aselton as Gabriella Laforte
- James Saito as Dr. Takahashi
- Owen Burke as Ambulance Tech
- Ryoko Seta as Airport Desk Agent
- Sienna Tow as Girl in Airport
- Naoko Marshall as Flight Attendant
- Michiko Tomura as Woman on Train
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Japanese, English
- Studios: Waypoint Entertainment, Bloom, Netter Productions
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $909,000
- Themes: husband wife relationship, suicide attempt, brain tumor, orchid, alcoholism, unfaithfulness, tokyo, japan, nonlinear timeline, airplane trip, lost in the woods
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