The Buried Forest (2005)

Original title

埋もれ木

Directed by

Kōhei Oguri

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In a rural Japanese village, three high school girls discover a mysterious buried forest beneath the ground. The film follows their interactions with the forest and the people around them.

meditativequietcontemplativeslow-pacedatmosphericgentleintrospectivepoetic

What happens

『埋もれ木』（うもれぎ）は、2005年に全国公開された日本映画。監督は小栗康平。第58回カンヌ国際映画祭で特別上映され、国内外で注目された。また、主演の女子高生三人（夏蓮、松川リン、榎木麻衣）を7000人の一般公募者の中から選出したことで話題になった。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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