

Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005-10-25 · 150 min · ★ 6.4
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
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- Directors
- Shunichiro Miki, Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine
- Production companies
- AOI Pro., NICE RAINBOW
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Susumu TerajimaKatsuichi Tanaka
Tadanobu AsanoMasaru Tanaka
Chizuru IkewakiIchiko
Ryo KaseTakefumi
Kazue FukiishiNiko
Machiko OnoMiko
Mariko TakahashiYoshiko
Rinko KikuchiKikuchi
Anri BanFusuke
Shihori KanjiyaNgaba
KahoOmoro
Aoi MiuraAoi
Maya SuzunoHataru
Yoshiyuki MorishitaMr. Morishita
Hideaki AnnoHasuda
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