The Petrified Forest (1973)

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The Petrified Forest is a Japanese movie directed by Masahiro Shinoda and based on a novel by Shintaro Ishihara. It was released by Toho in Japan on September 1, 1973.

The movie revolves around youth angst and a complicated relationship between mother and son. Haruo works in a university hospital trying to work toward a degree in medicine, but is hindered by his hatred of department head Mr. Miyaji. Meanwhile, he decides to get a rival in love out of the way by poisoning him. As the angst-ridden Haruo deals with his problems in his own unique ways, his nagging mother holds out hope that her son will soon return home.

Movie info

Original title
化石の森
Transliterated title
Kaseki no Mori
Release date
September 1, 1973

Featured Cast

Actor Role
No photo available Kenichi Hagiwara
No photo available Shima Iwashita
No photo available Takeshi Kusaka
No photo available Sayoko Ninomiya
Haruko Sugimura Haruko Sugimura
No photo available Akio Tanaka
No photo available Masako Yagi

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