Experiencing Interruptions?

FOREST ISLAND

IIn the midst of World War II, a young soldier escapes from an enemy plane that has crashed in the Boso Peninsula. A woman who lives in an isolated cottage in the forest rescued the injured man. When the unconscious man wakes up, he sees a hand-made cello in the room. "My dead son made it," she says. He asks if he can play the cello. She brings the cell to him and he begins playing sarabande from Bach's Suite No. 3 with his wounded hands.
The ghost of her dead son wanders in the forest and around his mother's cottage with a kettle to draw water, but only birds can see the ghost, not the mother.
One day the mother hears the sound of a kettle.

  • ryosuke handa
    Director
    Alicematonika
  • ryosuke handa
    Writer
    Alicematonika
  • yoshiko kanazawa
    Producer
  • kazuko mogami
    Key Cast
    "mother"
  • pere jovanov
    Key Cast
    "soldier"
  • keiun kim
    Key Cast
    "spirits of the trees"
  • toru yamanaka
    music/ sound score
  • saiko fujii
    music/ sound score
  • daisuke fuwa
    music/ sound score
  • daisuke tadokoro
    music/ sound score
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    森へ island
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short
  • Runtime:
    48 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 3, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    digital 1080p 24fps
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - ryosuke handa

1954 born in kyoto
1984~2020 author of many books published in Japan
1988 Cracow international print biennale
1993 Sapporo international modern prints biennale; award
2011 directed a short film "Alicematonika"

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Director Statement

I tried to hear the voices of the nature itself beyond the human.