Cult-favorite director Katsuhito Ishii (The Taste of Tea and Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl) teams up with the talented Shunichiro Miki and ANIKI to create another visually inventive masterpiece! Funky Forest features hilariously odd characters that will take you on an unpredictable cosmic journey.

Three unpopular brothers, Masaichi, Masaru and Masao, are struggling to be popular among the girls. Luckily enough, they finally get a chance to have a co-ed picnic with some pretty young ladies! With 21 free-associative episodes ranging from a nonsense "sci-fi" comedy to a dance-battle daydream, Funky Forest: The First Contact will challenge your mind and melt logic, as its unique characters find themselves in warped dimensions way past our imagination.

Creators:

Director: Katsuhito Ishii, Shunichiro Miki, Aniki
Cast:Tadanobu Asano, Susumu Terajima, Ryo Kase

See also: The Taste of Tea by Katsuhito Ishii

© 2004 “Naisu No Mori” Production Committee

Screenings:

One night in Huntington, N.Y.
May 28, 2008 at Cinema Arts Centre

L.A. Premiere!
April 18-24, 2008 at ImaginAsian Center

Seattle Premiere!
March 21-27, 2008 at The Grand Illusion Cinema

N.Y. Exclusive!
March 7-13, 2008 at ImaginAsian Theatre