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Welcome to the Occult Forest

Welcome to the Occult Forest

20227.81 Season6 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi (played by Kôji Shiraishi) and his assistant director named Miho Ichikawa visit a house deep in wooded mountains to film a movie. Once arrived, they meet a mentally deranged woman named Maria Miyoshi who proclaims she's a fan of Kuroishi's works. The woman pleads that she's experienced the same things as documented in Kuroishi's works. Unexplainable phenomena quickly begin to happen, so Kuroishi sets out to document these experiences and turn them into a film, together with the help of a 'super volunteer' named Shôhei Uno and a handsome psychic medium named Nanashi.

NetworksWOWOW Prime

Top Cast

Mayu Hotta

Mayu Hotta

Ichikawa Miho

Miwako Kakei

Miwako Kakei

Miyoshi Maria

Koji Shiraishi

Koji Shiraishi

Kuroishi Koji

Hiroki Iijima

Hiroki Iijima

Nanashi

Shohei Uno

Shohei Uno

Eno Shohei

Hideo Nakano

Hideo Nakano

Hiroshima Soten

Nobue Iketani

Nobue Iketani

Oura Natsuko

Themes & Keywords

occult

About Welcome to the Occult Forest

Welcome to the Occult Forest is a drama, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy, comedy series that first aired in 2022 exploring themes of occult. it stars Mayu Hotta, Miwako Kakei, Koji Shiraishi. A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi (played by Kôji Shiraishi) and his assistant director named Miho Ichikawa visit a house deep in wooded mountains to film a movie. Once arrived, they meet a mentally deranged woman named Maria Miyoshi who proclaims she's a fan of Kuroishi's works. The woman pleads that she's experienced the same things as documented in Kuroishi's works. Unexplainable phenomena quickly begin to happen, so Kuroishi sets out to document these experiences and turn them into a film, together with the help of a 'super volunteer' named Shôhei Uno and a handsome psychic medium named Nanashi.

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