The Sea of Trees

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The Sea of Trees is a 2015 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matthew McConaughey and Naomi Watts, about a suicidal American man who travels to Japan's Aokigahara forest and forms an unexpected bond with a lost Japanese man.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn original screenplay by Chris Sparling
cinematographyBy Kasper Tuxen NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Gus Van Sant NERFINISHED
distributor A24 NERFINISHED
editedBy Pietro Scalia NERFINISHED
festivalSection Cannes Film Festival main competition
filmingLocation Japan NERFINISHED
Massachusetts NERFINISHED
genre drama film
language English
leadActorRole Ken Watanabe as Takumi Nakamura NERFINISHED
Matthew McConaughey as Arthur Brennan NERFINISHED
Naomi Watts as Joan Brennan NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Arthur Brennan NERFINISHED
Takumi Nakamura NERFINISHED
musicBy Mason Bates NERFINISHED
plotSummary A suicidal American man travels to Japan's Aokigahara forest and forms an unexpected bond with a lost Japanese man.
premieredAt Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED
premiereYear 2015
producer Gil Netter NERFINISHED
Gus Van Sant NERFINISHED
Ken Kao NERFINISHED
productionCompany Bloom NERFINISHED
Waypoint Entertainment NERFINISHED
releaseDateUnitedStates 2016-08-26
releaseYear 2015
runtimeMinutes 110
screenwriter Chris Sparling NERFINISHED
setting Aokigahara forest NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
starring Ken Watanabe NERFINISHED
Matthew McConaughey NERFINISHED
Naomi Watts NERFINISHED
theme grief
redemption
suicide

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Alan Heim edited The Sea of Trees
Ken Watanabe notableWork The Sea of Trees
Gus directed The Sea of Trees
subject surface form: Gus Van Sant
this entity surface form: Sea of Trees