The Forest of Love

2019 [JAPANESE]

Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 56% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 3193 3.2K

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Plot summary

A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.

Director

Sion Sono Photo
Sion Sono

Top cast

Young Dais Photo
Young Dais as Jay
Gaku Sano Photo
Gaku Sano
Shinnosuke Mitsushima Photo
Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Shin
Sei Matobu Photo
Sei Matobu as Azumi Ozawa
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1.36 GB
1280*674
Japanese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 31 min
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2.8 GB
1920*1012
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles ar   cz   dk   de   gr   us   es   fi   fr   il   hu   id   it   kr   no   nl   pl   pt   ro   ru   sv   th   tr   vi   cn   ja  
23.976 fps
2 hr 31 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jolo12 7 / 10

this movie is a dark, twisted psychological movie, it's all about manipulating, violence and blinded

Tbh i don't understand why people are saying it's boring and waste of time.A Tips: no offense but Please Watch the Original Japanese Language Version Instead of The English Dub, It's Not Dialog-Heavy eitherThis movie went from pure to dark and make you question humanity (i am not a fan of violence and twisted thing but I am up for the psychological part and the storyline) it just starting to get so dark bit by bit, i am scared to tears about how fragile they can be when they are being treaten to the edge and following the twisted order. Some are being torture both physically and mentally with the blinded love¿ for passion and pride.The actor and actress portray it incredibly For me, i think that the trailer itself did not advertise the climax of the movie (its being advertised as pure and not the dark psychological manipulative twisted part) maybe that's why the 2 hour length is scaring people away.
Reviewed by s-mmaneage 7 / 10

Not for the Faint of Heart

In certain ways this film reminds me of Bong Joon Ho's "Parasite"....except "The Forest of Love" is that film on acid and punk rock.The two films share a heavy social critique of their respective societies...both with a mixture of black comedy and drama. However, where Parasite feels more restrained and refined this film is pedal to the metal excess...almost 3 whole hours of increasing amounts of sex and violence. The pace of the story and characters is hilariously illogical (on purpose) at times...while their plot is both heartbreaking and despicable. The most important part for me was that for every moment in which I wondered "duuude (and duudeettes) what am I watching?" I wanted to keep watching until the end. To paraphrase another reviewer...it's not perfect...but it's certainly not forgettable.I haven't seen any of this director's other films, but it's clear he had a distinct style for this film that I have never seen before . The insanity is very well executed. In lesser hands a film like this would have fallen completely apart. It's a very unique film that I'd encourage people who like movies to watch. However, it's definitely not for kids or someone who may be having suicidal thoughts.
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