Funky Forest: The First Contact

UPC: 896911001102

Studio: Viz Video

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Adult Situations]

Summary: Taste of Tea director Katsuhito Ishii collaborates with filmmakers Shinichiro Miki and Hajime Ishimine) for this outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother (Tadanobu Asano), his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother. Dance numbers, pillow fights, animation, comedy, and science fiction all combine to create a unique and disorienting viewing experience featuring such highlights as an absurdist tribute to David Cronenberg, an ass-television, and a girl who fires lasers from her forehead in order to battle a floating space blob which emits spinning, spherical projectiles. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: Disc one - Director's chapter menu
Interval chapter menu
Japanese Original trailers
Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Disc 2 - The Making of Funky Forest "Into the World of the Unfathomable Forest"
"Katsuchi's Dance" Secret Treasure (A Choreography Lesson Video)
"The Transfer Student is Here!" (Video Contents)

Funky Forest: The First Contact

Format: DVD

Release Date: 03/18/2008

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 150 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Funky Forest: The First Contact
1. Opening [5:01]
2. Little Hataru [3:33]
3. Mole Brother -Robot Dude- [:12]
4. Guitar Brothers Ex + 1 [3:06]
5. Mole Brother -Robot Dude 2- [:19]
6. Notti & Takefumi -Prologue- [10:07]
7. Mole Brother -Wanna Do It- [:23]
8. Guitar Brother 2 [4:22]
9. -Actual Sight- [:15]
10. Babbling Hot Springs Vixens - Alian Piko-Riko - [7:01]
11. Katsuichi -Back- [:08]
12. The Vixens - Hot!- [4:00]
13. Babbling Hot Springs Vixen -Buck Naked And The Panda- [:08]
14. The Vixens - Hot!- [7:50]
15. Babbling Hot Springs Vixens - Buck Naked And The Panda- [:07]
16. Katsuichi -Title Call- [2:02]
17. Guitar Brother 3 [:10]
18. Notti & Takefumi -Takefumi's Dream- [21:26]
19. - Funky Forest Part 1- [:07]
20. Side A Completed ~Intermission~ Start Side B [3:00]
21. - Funky Forest Part 2 - [:06]
22. Wanna Go For A Drink? [9:24]
23. Mole Brother -Emergency! Code Redi!- [:09]
24. Home Room !!!!!!!!! - Yasuda's Turn - [2:20]
25. - Yasuda vs Katsuichi - [:12]
26. Katsuichi -Can I Have A Watermelon?- [:09]
27. Guitar Brother 4 [1:49]
28. Mole Brother -It's Up To Your Drive! - [:28]
29. Home Room !!!!!!!!! -Ms. Kikuchi Class President's Turn - [2:22]
30. Mr. Morishita -The Singles Picnic!- [:27]
31. Youth Classroom [5:33]
32. Mole Brother -Wanna See An Elephant?- [:10]
33. Home Room !!!!!!!!!!!!! -Yoshiko's Turn- [4:16]
34. Anime Brother -Who's The Director?- [7:38]
35. Guitar Brother Special - Talent Of An Unpopular Guy- [6:36]
36. The Revolutionary Teachers - Raise Our Pay!- [:07]
37. The Director Pero -Thinking- [:06]
38. The Transfer Student Is Here! [4:57]
39. The Cop Teacher - Don't Park Here! [:14]
40. After School Club [10:38]
41. - I Love My After School Club!- [:06]
42. - Masaru vs. Takefumi- [:32]
43. Notti & Takefumi -Notti's Dream- [14:37]
44. Ending Roll [3:31]

Cast and Crew: Andrew Alfieri  Actor 
Tsuyoshi Sakado  Actor 
Rinko Kikuchi  Actor 
Machiko Ono  Actor 
Erika Nishikado  Actor 
Katsuhito Ishii  Director 
Katsuhito Ishii  Screenwriter 
Taichi Ito  Producer 
Kazutoshi Wadakura  Producer 
Shinichiro Miki  Director 
Shinichiro Miki  Screenwriter 
Hajime Ishimine  Director 
Hajime Ishimine  Screenwriter 
Itou Taiti  Producer 
Norihisa Harada  Producer 
Shunchiro  Director 
Shunchiro  Screenwriter 
Susumu Terajima  Actor 
Tadanobu Asano  Actor 
Chizuru Ikewaki  Actor 
Kazue Fukiishi  Actor 
Ryo Kase  Actor 
Hideaki Anno  Actor 
Kanji Tsuda  Actor 
Masako Takahashi  Actor 

Country: Japan