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Naisu no mori: The First Contact

  • 20052005
  • 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.5K
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Tadanobu Asano, Susumu Terajima, Ryô Kase, Maya Banno, Erika Nishikado, and Andrew Alfieri in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
  • Comedy
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.5K
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  • Directors
    • Katsuhito Ishii
    • Hajime Ishimine
    • Shunichiro Miki
  • Writers
    • Katsuhito Ishii(screenplay)
    • Hajime Ishimine(screenplay)
    • Shunichiro Miki(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Andrew Alfieri
    • Hideaki Anno
    • Moyoco Anno
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  • Directors
    • Katsuhito Ishii
    • Hajime Ishimine
    • Shunichiro Miki
  • Writers
    • Katsuhito Ishii(screenplay)
    • Hajime Ishimine(screenplay)
    • Shunichiro Miki(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Andrew Alfieri
    • Hideaki Anno
    • Moyoco Anno
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    • 17User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Erika Nishikado in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
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    Erika Nishikado in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
    Mariko Takahashi in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
    Erika Nishikado in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
    Tadanobu Asano in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
    Tadanobu Asano and Andrew Alfieri in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
    Andrew Alfieri in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
    Hideaki Anno, Tadanobu Asano, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Susumu Terajima, Ikki Todoroki, and Andrew Alfieri in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
    Kenji Mizuhashi, Ryô Kase, and Aoi Miura in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
    Hideaki Anno in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
    Tadanobu Asano, Susumu Terajima, and Andrew Alfieri in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)

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    Andrew Alfieri
    Hideaki Anno
    Hideaki Anno
    Moyoco Anno
    Tadanobu Asano
    Tadanobu Asano
    Maya Banno
    Kazue Fukiishi
    Chizuru Ikewaki
      Shihori Kanjiya
      Shihori Kanjiya
      Ryô Kase
      Ryô Kase
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      Rinko Kikuchi
      Rinko Kikuchi
      Shunichiro Miki
      Aoi Miura
      Kenji Mizuhashi
      Ryû Morioka
      Yoshiyuki Morishita
      Yoshiyuki Morishita
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      Kaiji Moriyama
      Erika Nishikado
      • Nottias Notti
      Yûko Nishimaru
      • Directors
        • Katsuhito Ishii
        • Hajime Ishimine
        • Shunichiro Miki
      • Writers
        • Katsuhito Ishii(screenplay)
        • Hajime Ishimine(screenplay)
        • Shunichiro Miki(screenplay)
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      8/10
      Maybe the strangest film I've seen
      NAISU NO MORI - FIRST CONTACT may well be the strangest film I've ever seen... a 2.5 hour head-scratcher combining the efforts of three director/writers into a whole with no discernible plot! the film is essentially a number of short stories or vignettes, mixed together and occasionally crossing over (Tadanobu Asano and Susumu Terajima appear in a large number of the scenes). The content of these pieces is extremely varied, and beyond unpredictable. There's bits of stand-up comedy, animation, music, dance and other moments that are entirely inexplicable. We spend quite a bit of time inside character's daydreams, and we make first contact with some very odd little aliens. The film even has its own commercials and (thankfully) a 3 minute intermission.

      This is undoubtedly an avante-garde film, I don't know if calling it "arthouse' is appropriate because it's so silly and funny (not like the kind of austere beard-strokers that one usually calls "arthouse"). There is some truly mad stuff going on, but there doesn't appear to be any deeper meaning or message to any of it... in fact I'm not sure what the "purpose" of the film is at all, except for the film-makers to go nuts.

      At 150 minutes it must be admitted that the film outstays its welcome a little... sitting in a theatre for that long it's nice to have *some* sort of narrative to get carried away on (it's enough time to spin quite an epic). NAISU NO MORI feels almost like it should be an ambient film - on at a club or something. I can't think of any more eclectic film in cinematic history. Think SURVIVE STYLE 5+ meets Kitano's GETTING ANY meets NAKED LUNCH meets Alejandro Jodorowsky meets Aphex Twin, and you're getting somewhere near where the film is at!
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      • Release date
        • October 22, 2005 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Languages
        • Japanese
        • Mandarin
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Funky Forest: The First Contact
      • Production company
        • AOI Promotion
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        2 hours 30 minutes
      • Color
        • Color

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