Funky Forest: The First Contact (Japanese: ナイスの森 THE FIRST CONTACT, Hepburn: Naisu no Mori THE FIRST CONTACT; lit. Nice Forest: The First Contact), also known as Funky Forest: The First Encounter or simply Funky Forest, is a 2005 Japanese surrealist anthology science fiction comedy film co-written and co-directed by Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine and Shunichiro Miki. It is composed of several storylines, some of which coincide, most of which are comical.
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Cast
Tadanobu Asano
Susumu Terajima
Ryō Kase as Takefumi
Rinko Kikuchi
Mariko Takahashi
Hideaki Anno
Moyoco Anno
Kazue Fukiishi
Chiduru Ikewaki
Shihori Kanjiya
Andrew Alfieri
Release
The film was released on Region 1 DVD in March 2008.
The film was released on Region Free Blu Ray by Error 4444 together with Third Window Films United States, Canada and Europe in 2021.