Funky Forest

Funky Forest: The First Contact (ナイスの森 THE FIRST CONTACT, 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.^[1]

Funky Forest
DVD cover
Directed by	Katsuhito Ishii Hajime Ishimine Shunichiro Miki
Written by	Katsuhito Ishii Hajime Ishimine Shunichiro Miki
Produced by	Norihisa Harada
Starring	Tadanobu Asano Susumu Terajima Ryō Kase Rinko Kikuchi Mariko Takahashi Hideaki Anno
Cinematography	Kosuke Matsushima Hiroshi Machida
Music by	Midorikawa Tooru
Distributed by	AOI Promotion
Release dates	22 October 2005 (2005-10-22) (Hawaii) February 2006 (2006-02) (YIFFF)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese Mandarin English

Cast

• Tadanobu Asano
• Susumu Terajima
• Ryō Kase as Takefumi
• Rinko Kikuchi
• Mariko Takahashi
• Hideaki Anno
• Moyoco Anno
• Kazue Fukiishi
• Chiduru Ikewaki
• Shihori Kanjiya

Release

The film was released on Region 1 DVD in March 2008.^[2]

The film was released on Region Free Blu Ray by Error 4444 together with Third Window Films United States, Canada and Europe in 2021.^[3]