Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie

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Genres

Horror

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A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi and his assistant director named Miho Ichikawa visit a house deep in wooded mountains to film a movie. Once arrived, they meet a mentally deranged woman named Maria Miyoshi who proclaims she's a fan of Kuroishi's works. The woman pleads that she's experienced the same things as documented in Kuroishi's works. Unexplainable phenomena quickly begin to happen, so Kuroishi sets out to document these experiences and turn them into a film, together with the help of a 'super volunteer' named Shôhei Uno and a handsome psychic medium named Nanashi.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

123 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

27 August 2022

Country

Japan

Cast

Mayu Hotta

Miho Ichikawa

Miwako Kakei

Maria Miyoshi

Hiroki Iijima

Nanashi

Nobue Iketani

Natsuko Oura

Hideo Nakano

Hiroshima Soten

Koji Shiraishi

Kôji Kuroishi

Shohei Uno

Shôhei Uno

Marika Yamakawa

Kako Kobayashi

Miyu Sasaki

Junpei Hashino

Nanashi

Morihiro Yamaguchi

Rie Kuwana

Shigeo Ôsako

Cultist

Masayuki Ino

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