Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *
Cast: Natalie Dormer, Eion Macken, Stephanie Vogt, Taylor Kinney, Ibuki Kaneda, Akiko Iwase, Noriko Sakura, Yûho Yamashita, Terry Diab, Yukiyoshi Ozawa.
There are places steeped in their own mythology and natural setting that it is a surprise to find that it has had relatively few films or television programmes devoted to its uniqueness, its solitude or its folklore and traditions. Perhaps in the case of Japan’s Aokigahara Forest at the base of Mount Fuji that might be a good thing for the restless spirits that abide in that lonely place are not ones that should be talked about in the craven image of film making.
