Machi, a young high school student from a small mountain town, is having fun with her friends inventing the outline of a fantasy tale. They all add an episode to this exquisite invention ...
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Title: The Buried Forest (2005)
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Mai Enoki | ||
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Tokie Hidari | ||
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Mitsuru Hirata | ||
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Karen | ... | Machi |
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Ittoku Kishibe | ||
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Tomoko Nakajima | ||
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Takashi Nishina | ||
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Sumiko Sakamoto | ||
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Akira Sakata | ||
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Yoshi Sakô | ||
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Yûko Tanaka | ||
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Hiromitsu Tosaka | ... | Tomo |
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Taka Ôkubo | ||
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Machi, a young high school student from a small mountain town, is having fun with her friends inventing the outline of a fantasy tale. They all add an episode to this exquisite invention whilst, in parallel, the adults pursue their daily life.
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I just saw this film at the Starz Denver International Film Festival 2005. It was the most boring film I've seen in a while, and I even like slow paced movies. My wife fell asleep a couple times during the show, as did the friend sitting on the other side of me.
I have a feeling this film would mean a lot more to someone who understood the implications of the Japanese cultural references, like the various traditional festivals and holidays. The credits said this film was based on a book, and I suspect the movie makes more sense if you read the book first.
About 3/4 of the way through this film, I realized it's truly a film about nothing. And I don't mean that in the same way that "Seinfeld" was proud to be a TV show about nothing. This film, referred to by the English language title "Buried Forest", really had no plot I could discern. It just had a vague theme - dreams and stories.
I could imagine worse films and worse ways to spend a couple hours and ten bucks, but not many. So I'm giving this film 3/10.