Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie (2022)
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.
Director: Koji Shiraishi
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Mayu Hotta as Miho Ichikawa |
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Miwako Kakei as Maria Miyoshi |
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Hiroki Iijima as Nanashi |
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Nobue Iketani as Natsuko Oura |
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Hideo Nakano as Hiroshima Soten |
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Koji Shiraishi as Kôji Kuroishi |
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Shohei Uno as Shôhei Uno |
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Marika Yamakawa as Kako Kobayashi |
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Miyu Sasaki as |
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Junpei Hashino as Nanashi |
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Shigehiro Yamaguchi as |
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Rie Kuwana as |
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Shigeo Ôsako as Cultist |
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Masayuki Ino as |
| Directing | Koji Shiraishi | Director |
| Production | Ryôko Nozoe | Producer |
| Writing | Koji Shiraishi | Writer |
| Editing | Koji Shiraishi | Editor |
| Production | Jungo Maruta | Producer |
| Production | Takamasa Ninomiya | Producer |
| Production | Hiroyuki Ishigaki | Producer |
| Production | Yuriko Kitada | Casting |
| Production | Takashi Numajiri | Producer |
| Production | Hiroshi Horiuchi | Producer |
| Production | Masahiro Honda | Associate Producer |
| Production | Kaoru Mimura | Production Manager |
| Directing | Kouhei Furukawa | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Ayumi Miyazaki | Editor |
| Camera | Yohei Sekiguchi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Koji Shiraishi | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Hirokazu Miyazaki | VFX Supervisor |