Funky Forest

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{{Infobox film

| name = Funky Forest

| image = Funky Forest FilmPoster.jpeg

| caption = DVD cover

| director = Katsuhito Ishii
Hajime Ishimine
Shunichiro Miki

| producer = Norihisa Harada

| writer = Katsuhito Ishii
Hajime Ishimine
Shunichiro Miki

| starring = Tadanobu Asano
Susumu Terajima
Ryō Kase
Rinko Kikuchi
Mariko Takahashi
Hideaki Anno

| music = Midorikawa Tooru

| cinematography = Kosuke Matsushima
Hiroshi Machida

| editing =

| distributor = AOI Promotion

| released = {{Film date|2005|10|22|Hawaii|2006|2||YIFFF|df=y}}

| runtime = 150 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese
Mandarin
English

}}

{{nihongo|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.{{cite web| title = Cinema Strikes Back| url = http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/?p=1215| accessdate = 2008-03-23| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080503123230/http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/?p=1215| archive-date = 3 May 2008| url-status = dead}}

Cast

Release

The film was released on Region 1 DVD in March 2008.{{cite web | title = Cinematical| url = http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/23/dont-fear-the-subs-funky-forest-first-contact-hits-dvd/ | accessdate = 2008-03-23}}

The film was released on Region Free Blu Ray by Error 4444 together with Third Window Films United States, Canada and Europe in 2021.{{cite web | title = Error 4444| url = http://www.error4444.bigcartel.com | accessdate = 2022-12-18}}

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