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.
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Movie2016·110 min
The Sea of Trees
Directed by Gus Van Sant
A drama film directed by Gus Van Sant.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 83%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
6.2/10
544 ratings
About The Sea of Trees
- Pacing
- Slow-burn (1 of 9)
- Tone
- Bittersweet (4 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Contemplative, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- grief and loss, infidelity, redemption, fate destiny, japan, wilderness, romantic partners, strangers forced together, everyman, outsider misfit, nonlinear flashback, road journey, slow burn reveal
