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MOGARI NO MORI (THE MOURNING FOREST)

In Competition

Directed by :: Naomi KAWASE

Country:: JAPAN, FRANCE

Year:: 2007

Duration:: 99.00 minutes

Grand Prix, 2007

Synopsis

Shigeki lives in a small retirement home. He feels comfortable and happy here with the other residents and the gentle and caring hospital staff.

Machiko, one of the home’s staff pays special attention to him. However she is secretly haunted by the loss of her child.

After celebrating Shigeki’s birthday Machiko decides to take him for a drive in the countryside. Making their way along the scenic back-roads the car is forced into a ditch by a land-slide and it is here that they embark on their journey of discovery together.

As Shigeki determinedly heads off into the forest, Machiko has no choice but to follow. After two exhausting days trudging through the dense wood they finally arrive at Shigeki’s wife’s tomb.

Naomi KAWASE

Credits

Naomi KAWASE - Director
Naomi KAWASE - Screenplay
Hideyo NAKANO - Cinematography
Toshihiro ISOMI - Set Designer
Masamichi SHIGENO - Music
Tina BAZ - Film Editor
Yuji OSHIGE - Film Editor
Shigetake AO - Sound
David VRANKEN - Sound

Actors

Kanako MASUDA - Shigeki’s wife
Machiko ONO - Machiko
Yohichiro SAITO - Machiko’s husband
Shigeki UDA - Shigeki
Makiko WATANABE - Wakako

Contacts and useful links

Production

CELLULOID DREAMS PRODUCTIONS - 2 rue Turgot 75009 PARIS - FRANCE - T : +33 1 49 70 03 70 - christian@celluloid-dreams.com - www.celluloid-dreams.com

French press

DREAMACHINE PRESS OFFICE - Magali Montet - T : +33 (0)4 93 38 88 35 - magali@celluloid-dreams.com - www.celluloid-dreams.com

International press

DREAMACHINE PRESS OFFICE - Magali Montet & Gordon Spragg - T : +33 (0)4 93 38 88 35 - magali@celluloid-dreams.com - www.celluloid-dreams.com

Foreign sales

DREAMACHINE - T : +33 (0)1 49 70 03 70 - info@celluloid-dreams.com - www.celluloid-dreams.com