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{{Infobox film
| name = Funky Forest
| image = Funky Forest FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Katsuhito Ishii]]<br />Hajime Ishimine<br />Shunichiro Miki
| producer = Norihisa Harada
| writer = Katsuhito Ishii<br />Hajime Ishimine<br />Shunichiro Miki
| starring = [[Tadanobu Asano]]<br />[[Susumu Terajima]]<br />[[Ryō Kase]]<br />[[Rinko Kikuchi]]<br/>[[Mariko Takahashi (model and actress)|Mariko Takahashi]]<br/>[[Hideaki Anno]]
| music = Midorikawa Tooru
| cinematography = Kosuke Matsushima<br />Hiroshi Machida
| editing = 
| distributor = AOI Promotion
| released = {{Film date|2005|10|22|[[Hawaii International Film Festival|Hawaii]]|2006|2||[[Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival|YIFFF]]|df=y}}
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese<br />Mandarin<br />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''|lead=yes}}, also known as '''''Funky Forest: The First Encounter''''' or simply '''''Funky Forest''''', is a 2005 Japanese [[Surrealism|surrealist]] [[anthology film|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.<ref>{{cite web| title = Cinema Strikes Back| url = http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/?p=1215| accessdate = 2008年03月23日| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080503123230/http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/?p=1215| archive-date = 3 May 2008| url-status = dead}}</ref>
==Cast==
* [[Tadanobu Asano]]
* [[Susumu Terajima]]
* [[Ryō Kase]] as Takefumi
* [[Rinko Kikuchi]]
* [[Mariko Takahashi (model and actress)|Mariko Takahashi]]
* [[Hideaki Anno]]
* [[Moyoco Anno]]
* [[Kazue Fukiishi]]
* [[Chizuru Ikewaki|Chiduru Ikewaki]]
* [[Shihori Kanjiya]]
* Andrew Alfieri
==Release==
The film was released on [[DVD region code|Region 1 DVD]] in March 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title = Cinematical| url = http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/23/dont-fear-the-subs-funky-forest-first-contact-hits-dvd/ | accessdate = 2008年03月23日}}</ref>
The film was released on Region Free Blu Ray by Error 4444 together with Third Window Films United States, Canada and Europe in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | title = Error 4444| url = http://www.error4444.bigcartel.com | accessdate = 2022年12月18日}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0451829}}
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{{Hideaki Anno}}
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:2005 science fiction films]]
[[Category:2005 Japanese-language films]]
[[Category:2005 Mandarin-language films]]
[[Category:Japanese anthology films]]
[[Category:Japanese comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Katsuhito Ishii]]
[[Category:New People films]]
[[Category:2005 comedy films]]
[[Category:2005 English-language films]]
[[Category:2005 Japanese films]]
[[Category:English-language science fiction films]]
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