fuji_jukai.mov

You know the type of horror where technically not a lot happens, but you spend the whole time slightly on-edge thinking that it could? This is one of those. And, honestly, it worked for me. I mean you’ve got a big creepy forest at the base of Mt Fuji, filled with tall…

Lexzilla

There is not such a thing as death in this forest.Esta película no será la mas aterradora entre las de su género, pero sin duda es bastante mas original y profunda que la mayoría. Contando su historia en el famoso "bosque de los suicidios" de Japón, vemos la grabación de…

TommyLCPE

We're unbelievably excited to announce that FUJI_JUKAI.MOV—our latest Blu-ray as an OCN / Vinegar Syndrome partner label and our first-ever J-horror film—is now available to pre-order. Never released outside of Japan, FUJI_JUKAI.MOV is an eerie found footage horror movie…

Bleeding Skull

more formally interesting than most found footage horror of the 2010s, even if I do wish more of it was shot in portrait mode to really capture that cell phone aesthetic — people wanting traditional j-horror will likely find its languid pace and reliance on dialogue to be…

Justin LaLiberty

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Scumbalina

In some ways more of a drama than a horror, fuji_jukai.mov is nonetheless an unsettling watch. The found footage phone imagery of three girls trudging through the Sea of Trees never really loses its power. And the film's commentary on suicide and bullying adds an…

Dave Jackson

Nao chega a me assustar, mas tem algo extremamente hipnótico dentro dessa imagem. Ainda de dia as personagens decidem entrar à fundo na tal floresta do suicidio. Por grande parte ele vai pendurar nesse espaço entre soar como um filme ou soar como um vídeo do urbex que…

Lavinas

Found footage that lures you in with supernatural enticings of delving deep into the Japanese suicide forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, while mostly unfolding into a drama about suicide itself. Starkly touches on how people in the social-media/internet era heartlessly…

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My first-watch of 2026 was a film that has sat in obscurity outside of Japan due to it not being widely available and only existing with fan subtitles off a 480p rip that has floated around, fuji_jokai.mov has you drawn in the Sea of Trees, or Aokigahara, as we follow three…

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