The Sea of Trees

(2016)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 554 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2016

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Гас Ван Сент

Cast: Мэттью Макконахи, Кэн Ватанабэ, Наоми Уоттс, Кэтрин Аселтон, James Saito, Оуэн Берк, Ryoko Seta, Sienna Tow, Naoko Marshall, 戸村美智子

Plot

In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.

Arthur Brennan treks into Aokigahara, known as The Sea of Trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan's Mount Fuji where people go to commit suicide. On his journey to the suicide forest, he encounters Takumi Nakamura, a Japanese man who has lost his way after attempting suicide. The two men begin a journey of reflection and survival, which affirms Arthur's will to live and reconnects him to his love for his wife.