: It aimed to manage forest emissions through a "results-based REDD+ mechanism" and balance sustainable development with forest health.
The story follows Sara Price (played by ), a young American woman who receives a call from the Japanese police informing her that her identical twin sister, Jess, has disappeared into Aokigahara Forest. Driven by a twin's intuition that her sister is still alive, Sara travels to Japan to find her. the.forest.2016
The film attempts to balance respect with horror. The Japanese characters, particularly Michi, treat the forest with a terrified reverence. In mythology, Aokigahara is said to be populated by Yūrei —the spirits of the abandoned and destitute, who were left to die during famines in ancient times. These ghosts are not malevolent in the Western sense; they are lost . They latch onto the living out of loneliness. : It aimed to manage forest emissions through