Funky Forest: The First Contact (ナイスの森 THE FIRST CONTACT, 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]

Funky Forest
DVD cover
Directed byKatsuhito Ishii
Hajime Ishimine
Shunichiro Miki
Written byKatsuhito Ishii
Hajime Ishimine
Shunichiro Miki
Produced byNorihisa Harada
StarringTadanobu Asano
Susumu Terajima
Ryō Kase
Rinko Kikuchi
Mariko Takahashi
Hideaki Anno
CinematographyKosuke Matsushima
Hiroshi Machida
Music byMidorikawa Tooru
Distributed byAOI Promotion
Release dates
  • 22 October 2005 (2005-10-22) (Hawaii)
  • February 2006 (2006-02) (YIFFF)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguagesJapanese
Mandarin
English

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Release

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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

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  1. ^ "Cinema Strikes Back". Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Cinematical". Retrieved 23 March 2008.
  3. ^ "Error 4444". Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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