The read
Audiences rate it 38 points higher than critics do. Most of the 7,172 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes19%
Metacritic23/100
Audiences rate it 38 points higher than critics do.
554 audience votes
Key crew
- Gus Van SantDirector
- Chris SparlingScreenplay
- Mason BatesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Matthew McConaugheyArthur Brennan
- Ken WatanabeTakumi Nakamura
- Naomi WattsJoan Brennan
- Katie AseltonGabriella Laforte
- James SaitoDr. Takahashi
- Owen BurkeAmbulance Tech
- Ryoko SetaAirport Desk Agent
- Sienna TowGirl in Airport
- Naoko MarshallFlight Attendant
- Michiko TomuraWoman on Train
- Yusuke TozawaMan on Train
- Abe Lee TsunenoriTaxi Driver
Stills
Movies like The Sea of Trees
Themes
husband wife relationshipsuicide attemptbrain tumororchidalcoholismunfaithfulnesstokyo, japannonlinear timelineairplane triplost in the woodsmount fuji, japanaokigahara