The Petrified Forest (1973)
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 | |
---|---|---|
Kenichi Hagiwara | ||
Shima Iwashita | ||
Takeshi Kusaka | ||
Sayoko Ninomiya | ||
Haruko Sugimura | ||
Akio Tanaka | ||
Masako Yagi |
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