The Sea of Trees
Love will bring you home.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$25 000 000
Box office
$909 000
Website
Director
Actors
Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, Naomi Watts, Katie Aselton, James Saito, Owen Burke, Ryoko Seta, Sienna Tow, Naoko Marshall, Michiko Tomura
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Kasper Tuxen
Composer
Mason Bates
Artist
Alex DiGerlando, Jonathan Mosca
Audition
Francine Maisler, Sande Alessi
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- In the Aokigahara forest, also known as the "suicide forest," at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan, an average of three suicides are committed each week. It is said that the forest is inhabited by Japanese ghosts called "Yūrei," who are filled with self-loathing for their actions. This story also served as the basis for the short film Shawn4Ever (2012).
- The film was booed by critics at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.
- In 2013, the film's screenplay appeared on the "Black List"—an annual ranking of the "most liked" unproduced screenplays according to film studios.
- Partially filmed on Mount Fuji in Japan.
- Matthew McConaughey and Ken Watanabe both worked with Christopher Nolan, although not together. McConaughey starred in Interstellar (2014), while Watanabe appeared in Batman Begins (2005) and Inception (2010).
- The film is not based on a book. It was made from an original screenplay, not an adaptation, despite the existence of several books with the same title.
- Some of the filming took place in the town of Ashland, Massachusetts, USA.
- In Aokigahara Forest, also known as “the suicide forest,” at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, an average of three suicides are committed each week. It is said that the forest is inhabited by Japanese ghosts called “Yūrei,” who are filled with self-loathing for what they have done. This story also served as the basis for the short film Shawn4Ever (2012).
- In 2013, the film's screenplay appeared on the “Black List” – an annual ranking of the “most liked” unrealized screenplays according to film studios.
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