There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.
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Cast
| Tak Sakaguchi | ... |
Prisoner KSC2-303
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| Hideo Sakaki | ... |
The Man
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Chieko Misaka | ... |
The Girl
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Kenji Matsuda | ... |
Yakuza Leader with butterfly knife
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Yuichiro Arai | ... |
Motorcycle-riding yakuza with revolver
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Minoru Matsumoto | ... |
Crazy yakuza with amulet
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Kazuhito Ohba | ... |
Yakuza with glasses
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Takehiro Katayama | ... |
Red-haired assassin
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Ayumi Yoshihara | ... |
Long-haired female assassin
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Shôichirô Masumoto | ... |
One-handed cop
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Toshiro Kamiaka | ... |
Samurai warrior
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Yukihito Tanikado | ... |
Cop with Barrett
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Hoshimi Asai | ... |
Short-haired female assassin
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Ryosuke Watabe | ... |
Yakuza zombie in alligator-skin coat
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Motonari Komiya | ... |
Other prisoner
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| Reika Kirishima | ... |
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| Hideo Kojima | ... |
Extra (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Ryûhei Kitamura | ... | (directed by) |
Written by
| Ryûhei Kitamura | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Yûdai Yamaguchi | ... | (screenplay) (as Yudai Yamaguchi) |
Produced by
| Hideo Nishimura | ... | executive producer |
| Keishiro Shin | ... | producer |
| Nobuyuki Takahashi | ... | associate producer (as Nov Takahashi) |
Music by
| Nobuhiko Morino | ... | (music by) |
Cinematography by
| Takumi Furuya | ... | (cinematography) |
Editing by
| Shûichi Kakesu | ... | (edited by) |
Makeup Department
| Susumu Nakatani | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Yûdai Yamaguchi | ... | second unit director (as Yudai Yamaguchi) |
Sound Department
| Matt Hovland | ... | assistant sound engineer |
| Mizuki Ito | ... | foley artist |
| Kenji Shibasaki | ... | sound |
Stunts
| Hiroyuki Yoshida | ... | utility stunts |
Additional Crew
| David Beinlich | ... | video encoding |
| Yûji Shimomura | ... | action director |
Production Companies
- WEVCO Produce Company (presents)
- napalm FiLMS (presents)
- KSS
- Suplex
Distributors
- 30 Holding (2009) (Italy)
- AV Channel (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
- Film Office (2002) (France) (DVD)
- Legend Films International (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
- Madman Entertainment (2004) (Australia)
- Media Blasters (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Media Blasters (2009) (United States) (DVD)
- Millennium Storm (2006) (Italy) (video)
- Miramax (United States)
- Palisades Tartan (2009) (United Kingdom)
- Tartan Video (2003) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Tokyo Shock (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- WE Productions (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
- Xcess Entertainment (2022) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- e-m-s the DVD-Company (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
- Kid's Company (special makeup effects)
- NTT Media Lab
Other Companies
- U'Den Flame Works (stunts)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Set in the present where a group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, unwittingly, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest come back from the dead, with the assistance of the evil Sprit that has also come back, come back from ages past, to claim his prize. The final standoff between Light and Dark has never been so cunning, so brutal and so deadly. This is where old Japanese Samurai mysticism meets the new world of the gangster and the gun. Gruesome, bloody and positively bold. Written by Cinema_Fan |
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| Taglines | Witness a battle no one has ever seen See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $400,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | (at around 12 mins) One of the thugs was shot dead at the beginning of the movie, because the director Ryûhei Kitamura disliked the actor who portrayed him. See more » |
| Goofs | (at around 42 mins) One of the detectives says (in the subtitled version) that he was trained at FBI HQ at Langley. Langley is the headquarters of the CIA, not the FBI. This fits the character, though, who seems to lie about his abilities throughout the movie. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Versus (2014). See more » |
| Quotes |
Cop with Barrett:
You can't hit me! I have five hundred times faster reflexes than Mike Tyson! See more » |