DEJIMA Japanese Film Festival

• Archive 2005
• Films 2005
• Jyukai - The Sea of Trees Behind Mt. Fuji

Jyukai - The Sea of Trees Behind Mt. Fuji (Ki no umi)

director: Tomoyuki TAKIMOTO
with: Masato HAGIWARA, Kanji TSUDA
2004 | 35mm | 1:1.85 | 119 minutes

At the foot of Mt. Fuji lies the so-called suicide forest, a notorious place where people wary of life can exhale their last gasp. The four different stories in Jyukai all focus on this truly existing forest in Japan, where amongst others a gentle yakuza and a retiring detective confront each other. The forest exhumes an atmosphere of dread and functions as a connecting factor between the different tales. No surprise then that Jyukai won Best Picture Award in the Japanese Eyes section at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival and actor Kanji TSUDA received a Special Award for his performance.

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