The Sea of Trees

A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji, and the two search for a way out. Arthur Brennan treks into Aokigahara, known as The Sea of Trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan's Mount Fuji where people go to commit suicide. On his journey to the suicide forest, he encounters Takumi Nakamura, a Japanese man who has lost his way after attempting suicide. The two men begin a journey of reflection and survival, which affirms Arthur's will to live and reconnects him to his love for his wife.

Keywords

  • Cannes: Controversy
  • Cannes: En compétition
  • Festival de Cannes
  • mourning
  • nature
  • relationship

Actors

  • Katie Aselton
  • Ken Watanabe
  • Naomi Watts
  • Matthew McConaughey
  • James Saito
  • Jordan Gavaris

Director

  • Gus Van Sant

Drama


1h 50min


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United States
2015
A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji, and the two search for a way out.

A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji, and the two search for a way out.


Arthur Brennan treks into Aokigahara, known as The Sea of Trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan's Mount Fuji where people go to commit suicide. On his journey to the suicide forest, he encounters Takumi Nakamura, a Japanese man who has lost his way after attempting suicide. The two men begin a journey of reflection and survival, which affirms Arthur's will to live and reconnects him to his love for his wife.

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