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Naisu no mori: The First Contact

  • 20052005
  • 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.5K
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POPULARITY
40,733
9,164
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
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
40,733
9,164
  • 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
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 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)
    Ryô Kase and Erika Nishikado in Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
    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)
    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
        • Takefumi
        Rinko Kikuchi
        Rinko Kikuchi
        Shunichiro Miki
        Aoi Miura
        Kenji Mizuhashi
        Ryû Morioka
        Yoshiyuki Morishita
        Yoshiyuki Morishita
        • Mr. Morishita
        Kaiji Moriyama
        Erika Nishikado
        • Notti
        Yûko Nishimaru
        • Directors
          • Katsuhito Ishii
          • Hajime Ishimine
          • Shunichiro Miki
        • Writers
          • Katsuhito Ishii(screenplay)
          • Hajime Ishimine(screenplay)
          • Shunichiro Miki(screenplay)
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        User reviews17

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        9/10
        Great film! Funny and arty at the same time!
        i went to see this film without having the slightest clue about it....

        and at first i was quite disappointed; some not very inspiring animations...but then,slowly it all grew, to be more and more crazy and unbelievable, and things accelerated a whole lot...

        then it appears to be commercials within each other, gags, comedy shows, circus, small short stories and in a way they have nothing to do with each other and yet they make this incredible organic of well-composed-complex movie!

        so a mix with low graphics (and high), fake commercials, beautiful scenes of landscapes and things like that...wow! so all in all the the best parts of Japanese experimental films + all the best from the(Japanese) pop culture...blend it, shake it...and voilà!

        I was very glad i saw this movie! really!
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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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        • Runtime
          2 hours 30 minutes
        • Color
          • Color

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