The Forest (2016)
Sara und ihre Zwillingsschwester Jess haben einen ganz besonderen Draht zueinander und fühlen es, wenn mit der anderen etwas nicht stimmt. So ist Sara auch ernsthaft alarmiert, als sie eines Nachts von ihrer Schwester in Not träumt. Sie findet heraus, dass Jess nach Japan gereist ist und dort den mysteriösen Aokigahara-Wald betreten haben soll, einen Ort, den Menschen aufsuchen, um Selbstmord zu begehen. Es heißt, dass die Geister der Toten des Nachts zurückkehren und abseits der Waldwege Unheil verbreiten. Sara reist ihrer Schwester hinterher und ist fest entschlossen, trotz aller Warnungen der Einheimischen nach Jess zu suchen. Gemeinsam mit einem Freund und dem Fremdenführer Michi betritt die junge Amerikanerin den unheimlichen Wald…
Der Regisseur: Jason Zada
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Natalie Dormer as Sara / Jess Price |
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Eoin Macken as Rob |
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Stephanie Vogt as Valerie |
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Osamu Tanpopo as Homeless Man |
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Yasuo Tobishima as Sushi Chef |
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Ibuki Kaneda as Mei (Schoolgirl) |
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岩瀬晶子 as Head Teacher |
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Kikuo Ichikawa as Businessman |
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Noriko Sakura as Mayumi |
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Jozef Aoki as Visitor Center Morgue Man |
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Yûho Yamashita as Sakura |
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Taylor Kinney as Aiden |
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瀬戸 玄 as Narusawa Bartender |
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Terry Diab as Grandma |
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Nadja Mazalica as Sara / Jess (Age 6) |
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Lidija Antonić as Mother of Sara / Jess |
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Takako Akashi as Ubasute Old Woman #1 |
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Yuriri Naka as Narusawa Young Woman |
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Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Michi |
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Nemanja Naumoski as Pillowcase Man |
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Tales Yamamoto as Blue Tent Man |
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Meg Kubota as Ubasute Old Woman #2 |
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Mieko Wertheim as Ubasute Old Woman #3 |
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Rina Takasaki as Hoshiko |
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Čarni Đerić as Father of Sara / Jess |
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Yoshio Hasegawa as Aokigahara Police Sergeant |
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Masashi Fujimoto as Yurei (uncredited) |
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Tatsujiro Oto as Yurei (uncredited) |
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James Owen as Peter (uncredited) |
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Shintaro Taketani as Yurei (uncredited) |
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Misaki Ishii as Airport Girl 2 (uncredited) |
| Production | Aleksandar Tadić | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Christopher Landry | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Maria Nita | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Slaviša Ivanović | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Marius Serban Cozma | Boom Operator |
| Directing | Jason Zada | Director |
| Crew | Milan Alavanja | Health and Safety |
| Crew | Miroslav Borković | Stunts |
| Crew | Nenad Ninić | Stunts |
| Crew | Jelena Radović | Stunts |
| Crew | Marija Savić | Stunts |
| Crew | Nebojša Simić | Stunts |
| Crew | Branko Stefanović | Stunts |
| Crew | Luka Todorović | Stunts |
| Crew | Nenad Todorović | Stunts |
| Crew | Ilija Vekić | Stunts |
| Crew | Miroslav Vučković | Stunts |
| Sound | Bear McCreary | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Nancy Kirhoffer | Post Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Branislav Stojanović | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Milan Mihajlović | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Miloš Kodemo | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Srđan Uršičić | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Zoran Živković | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Velimir Vukasović | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Editing | Filip Dedić | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Uroš Lašić | Assistant Editor |
| Production | David Townsend | Post Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Stanomir Dragoş | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Mihailo Stefanović | Sound Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luka Antonić | Costume Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milena Milenković | Costume Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ivana Rajnvajn | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irena Rajnvajn | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martina Šubić-Dodočić | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatjana Lipanović | First Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jasmina Banović | First Assistant Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Milos Vidaković | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Rado Ivančević | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Nebojša Slavujević | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Nemanja Živić | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Ivan Čolović | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Nikola Ivančević | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Sead Bihorac | Key Grip |
| Camera | Dragan Jović | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Marko Leković | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Ivan Leković | Grip |
| Camera | Lazar Milanović | Grip |
| Camera | Goran Kocić | Grip |
| Camera | Petar Pavlović | Grip |
| Art | Filip Maričević | Standby Property Master |
| Production | Nenad Kokot | Production Manager |
| Production | Nataša Milojević | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Ana Biskupljanin | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Dušan Dević | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Nebojša Mijović | Special Effects Assistant |
| Production | Brankica Ralić | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Milana Milunović | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Nenad Pavlović | Casting |
| Art | Dušan Demić | Set Designer |
| Art | Mihailo Radošević | Set Designer |
| Art | Tijana Đurković | Set Designer |
| Art | Uroš Stojanović | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Jovana Mihajlović | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | Jarid Boyce | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Predrag Ginevski | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Bojana Nikolić | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Slobodan Čađo | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Željko Pašić | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dušan Pešić | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Uroš Stojanović | Dresser |
| Production | George Sweney | Finance |
| Production | Sandra Djurickovic | Finance |
| Production | Sanja Ilić | Production Accountant |
| Production | Danijela Đokanović | Payroll Accountant |
| Sound | Jussi Tegelman | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Kerry Carmean-Williams | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Kimaree Long | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Gayle Wesley | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Geordy Sincavage | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Robert D. Caballero | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Ryan Wassil | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Tara Blume | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Howard London | ADR Mixer |
| Production | Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Sound | Tom Burns | Sound Mix Technician |
| Sound | Steve Kaplan | Scoring Mixer |
| Sound | Allan Hessler | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Laurence Schwartz | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Radoslav Mihajlović | Construction Manager |
| Art | Ivan Vulović | Standby Painter |
| Editing | Zara Park | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Editing | Corinne Bogdanowicz | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Editing | Katie Fellion | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Editing | Matt Blackshear | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Editing | Manny Dubón | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Editing | Monique Eissing | Digital Intermediate |
| Visual Effects | Raoul Bolognini | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Rif Dagher | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Jeff Goldman | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Masa Kokubo | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | 岩上紘一郎 | Casting |
| Production | Mitsutoshi Hamazaki | Location Manager |
| Camera | Draško Pejanović | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | Draško Pejanović | Additional Camera |
| Art | Aaron Becker | Title Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rob Mayor | Prosthetic Designer |
| Camera | 木村太朗 | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Tamara Pešić | Location Manager |
| Production | Tamara Pešić | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Amador Valenzuela | Title Designer |
| Writing | Ben Ketai | Writer |
| Writing | Nick Antosca | Writer |
| Writing | Sarah Cornwell | Writer |
| Lighting | Srđan Gojković | Gaffer |
| Directing | Kazuko Shingyoku | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Marina Lešić | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Caroline Bowker | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Michael Baber | Music Editor |
| Production | David S. Goyer | Producer |
| Production | David Linde | Producer |
| Production | Tory Metzger | Producer |
| Camera | Mattias Troelstrup | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jim Flynn | Editor |
| Production | Elaine Grainger | Casting |
| Art | Jasna Dragović | Art Direction |
| Art | 太田喜久男 | Art Direction |
| Art | Aleksandra Mihajlović | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Kevin Phipps | Production Design |
| Art | Mina Burić | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bojana Nikitović | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kristina Kostić | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Drena Drinić | Seamstress |
| Production | Emma Gunnery | Casting Associate |
| Lighting | Tak Kawabe | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Mark Clayton | Gaffer |
| Camera | Yasushi Miyata | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Adam Coles | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Trifunovic Dragan | Helicopter Camera |
| Camera | Miloš Kodemo | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | James Dittiger | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Geoff Johnson | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Muhamed M'Barek | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Raoul Bolognini | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Richard Ivan Mann | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Stuart Cripps | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Adam McInnes | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Myron Nettinga | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Steven Ticknor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Kelly Cabral | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jovana Jovanović | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dave Bonneywell | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Editing | Ben Cox | First Assistant Editor |
| Production | Lawrence Bender | Executive Producer |
| Production | James Ward Byrkit | Co-Producer |
| Production | Aviv Giladi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrew Pfeffer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Georgina Pope | Line Producer |
| Production | Jennifer Semler | Co-Producer |
| Production | Anđelija Vlaisavljević | Line Producer |
| Art | Davide Losi | Sculptor |
| Production | Len Blavatnik | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Christopher Goodman | VFX Artist |
| Art | Ivana Stefanović | Property Master |
| Art | Mike Scanlon | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chris Lyons | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nathaniel De'Lineadeus | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Crosbie | Wardrobe Supervisor |