Naisu no mori: The First Contact (Funky Forest: The First Contact)

Naisu no mori: The First Contact (Funky Forest: The First Contact) (2006)

  • 77% of users liked it
    (1,310 ratings)

Taste of Tea director Katsuhito Ishii collaborates with filmmakers Shinichiro Miki and Hajime Ishimine) for this outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother (Tadanobu Asano), his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Art House & International, Comedy, Special Interest
In Theaters
Oct 22, 2005 Wide
On DVD
Mar 18, 2008
Naisu no mori Seisaku Iinkai

Critic Reviews

  • Mark Rahner, Seattle Times

    To describe the film might imbue it with a coherence to which it doesn't aspire.

  • V.A. Musetto, New York Post

    Most of the sketches fall flat.

  • Frank Lovece, Film Journal International

    There are Bollywood movie musicals that are shorter and more coherent.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Tsubaki S


    Being "random" doesn't equal being funny, creative or interesting. Let this movie be a lesson for anyone thinking "random" means good.

  • Greg S


    Essentially, a set of absurdist short films from three different directors, sharing some of the same characters, arranged into a sort of surrealist SHORT CUTS. The experiment produces exactly what you would expect: a very mixed bag, with many segments that drag on and on and go… More

  • Lesley N


    Ignore the synopsis on Flixster, this is a series of silly, strange or outright bizarre sketches by three Japanese directors, loosely linked by sharing the same actors/characters. It started off very badly indeed, then it grew on me and suddenly I found myself with a big grin on my… More

  • Christopher B


    Saw this one at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival and it ranks up there along with Schizopolis and a midnight showing of Army of Darkness as my favourite theater experience. Surreal, hilarious, stylish and lots of fun, this is a perfect cult film with lots of opportunity for… More

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