// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the tree say in Funky Forest? Leaf me alone.
 | This article needs more citations. (July 2026) |
| Funky Forest | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Katsuhito Ishii Hajime Ishimine Shunichiro Miki |
| Written by | Katsuhito Ishii Hajime Ishimine Shunichiro Miki |
| Produced by | Norihisa Harada |
| Starring | Tadanobu Asano Susumu Terajima Ryō Kase Rinko Kikuchi Mariko Takahashi Hideaki Anno |
| Cinematography | Kosuke Matsushima Hiroshi Machida |
| Music by | Midorikawa Tooru |
| Distributed by | AOI Promotion |
Release dates | |
Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Languages | Japanese Mandarin English |
Funky Forest: The First Contact (Japanese: ナイスの森 THE FIRST CONTACT, Hepburn: Naisu no Mori THE FIRST CONTACT; lit. Nice Forest: The First Contact), also known as Funky Forest: The First Encounter or simply Funky Forest, is a 2005 Japanese surrealist anthology science fiction comedy film co-written and co-directed by Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine and Shunichiro Miki. It is composed of several storylines, some of which coincide, most of which are comical.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Tadanobu Asano
- Susumu Terajima
- Ryō Kase as Takefumi
- Rinko Kikuchi
- Mariko Takahashi
- Hideaki Anno
- Moyoco Anno
- Kazue Fukiishi
- Chiduru Ikewaki
- Shihori Kanjiya
- Andrew Alfieri
Release
[edit]The film was released on Region 1 DVD in March 2008.[2]
The film was released on Region Free Blu Ray by Error 4444 together with Third Window Films United States, Canada and Europe in 2021.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cinema Strikes Back". Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- ↑ "Cinematical". Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- ↑ "Error 4444". Retrieved 18 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Funky Forest at IMDb
| Films directed |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Television |
| ||||
 | This article related to a Japanese film of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
 | This film article about a 2000s comedy film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
- 2005 films
- 2005 science fiction films
- 2005 Japanese-language films
- 2005 Mandarin-language films
- Japanese anthology films
- Japanese comedy films
- Films directed by Katsuhito Ishii
- New People films
- 2005 comedy films
- 2005 English-language films
- 2005 Japanese films
- English-language science fiction films
- English-language comedy films
- 2000s Japanese film stubs
- 2000s comedy film stubs