The Forest

Oh, god, help me! Somebody help! Help me!

Attention, please.

Japan airlines flight 3400 from Honolulu...

Konnichiwa. It's Jess. Leave a message.

The mailbox is full

and cannot accept any messages at this time.

Good-bye.

Hello?

- Is this Sara price? - I am with the Yamanashi police.

The school where your sister teaches,

they've filed a missing persons report with us.

Look, Jess has done this before. I'm sure she's okay.

The last time I talked to her she sounded... off.

Hey. You know Jess.

Everything's great. Then it's terrible.

No, it wasn't just a bad mood.

Okay, look, let's forget about dinner.

I'll take them to a restaurant. No.

It's your boss. We're going to impress her. I'll be fine. I promise.

Sara, it is nice to finally meet you.

Baby, are you okay?

I don't understand.

If you know she went there, why aren't you already looking for her?

Your sister was last seen in Aokigahara forest.

I'm sorry to say this, but it is a place where some people commit suicide.

What?

She was seen leaving the path to go into the forest alone.

When we see this,

it means the person does not want to be found.

Miss? Are you there?

I'm here.

After 48 hours

we have to assume a person has gone through with their suicide plan.

No, she's alive.

What's going on?

I'm going to Japan. The police think Jess is dead.

What?

Apparently, they have a forest in Japan where people go to kill themselves

and Jess went into it.

Sounds like exactly the kind of place your sister would go hiking for fun.

Rob, she's my twin,

she's in trouble and she needs me.

She always needs you.

She makes a bad decision and you clean up her mess.

I don't know, rob. It feels different this time.

It's your call.

Why don't you just sleep on it, okay?

If she doesn't call you by morning, reassess.

If you still want to go, you can go. Okay?

Okay. Okay. All right.

I love you. I love you too.

It's gonna be all right. Everything's gonna be fine.

- You wouldn't happen to have a dead one, would you?

Okay.

Stop... stop messing around. Smile.

Child's voice Sara.

Child's voice Sara.

On a longboat. I went on a longboat.

I am going on a longboat.

I am going on a longboat.

I will go on a longboat.

I will go on a longboat.

He went to London.

He went to London.

He is going to London.

He is going to London.

She thought you were miss Jess.

She's ashamed. We're twins.

I am... sorry.

It's okay.

But why were you scared?

She knows your sister went into Aokigahara.

She thought you were a Yurei. A ghost.

Aokigahara. Th-the suicide forest?

In old times it was a place for Ubasute.

When there was not enough food,

families would bring elderly women,

the blind or sick to the forest

and leave them to die.

That's awful. I don't understand.

Why would the school take a class trip there?

Mount Fuji is very beautiful and important to history.

Aokigahara is simply part of the mountain.

People say spirits cannot rest there.

They come back.

Angry.

They come back angry.

Hai.

Hai.

Can I see Jess's room before I go?

Hai.

Normally I would respect privacy,

but because you're family...

Thank you.

Jess, do you have the packing tape?

- Hey. Those could be worth something. - They're from the stone age.

Didn't grandma say they were collectors items?

She also said rob was gay 'cause he parted his hair to the right.

Point taken.

Be careful with that jar.

- Why? She keep her stash in it? - She kept grandpa in it.

You're terrible.

So, when was the last time you saw grandma?

Six months ago.

I feel bad.

We just abandoned her, went off to do our own thing.

She understood. We needed to start our lives.

I'm about to start mine all over again.

I'm sure it'll be great, Jess. I'm proud of you.

Tokyo isn't exactly the next town over.

It'll be good for you.

Plus, it'll give me an excuse to get on a plane every once in a while.

You'd better.

- Konnichiwa. - Hi.

I'm, uh...

I'm looking for my sister.

She came here on a trip with her school and disappeared.

- Have you seen her? - Yes. We find.

You... you found Jess?

Oh, my... Wh-where is she?

She here. I take you.

Sakura.

I...

What is this?

Basement.

You come?

Keep the bodies here when we find.

Keep them cold. The bodies?

Someone stay with them at all time.

If bodies alone, the spirit scream all night.

Sorry. Two second.

You wait.

It's not her. No?

- It's not her. - Good. Good news.

Is there someone who could help me search the forest?

The forest is very dangerous. Do not leave the path.

Can get lost. I understand.

- What if I want to hire a guide? - No guide. Come back.

- Maybe more bodies. - No.

She's lost. She's not dead.

Do not leave the path.

Shit.

Hey. It's mountain.

Lots of metal. Cell phone do not work up here.

Do you know the forest?

Could you take me in? I'd pay you.

The forest has Yurei. Everybody know that.

Yurei.

You mean ghosts?

Yurei.

Different from ghost.

The forest use them to trick you.

Do you know why "do not leave the path"?

Because if you get lost

and you have sadness in your heart,

they will use it against you.

Yurei come find you

and make you see things

and make you want to die.

And you do it yourself.

Okay.

Thanks for that.

If the yurei are looking for me, I'll be at my hotel.

Thanks.

You look familiar. Have we met?

Here? Four days ago?

Uh, hey, sorry.

I don't know you. I was just a line to start a chat.

"Have you ever been to Greece? Did you go to camp Minnehaha in the rocky mountains?"

That kind of thing. Right.

I thought you might have met my sister, Jess.

She came here... And disappeared.

Do you know about the forest?

Yeah.

Is that a possibility with your sister?

We're identical twins. If she were dead, I would just know.

What do you think she's up to then, if she's out there?

I think she's struggling with her demons.

Yeah, it happens.

Some people go in. They do sort of a walkabout, think it over.

Sometimes they come back out again.

I'm Aiden, by the way.

Oh. Sara.

Sara. Pleasure to meet you.

You too.

That's her, a couple of years ago.

- Same, right? - Identical.

Uh...

sisters.

No. No, he's never seen her.

Are you fluent?

Yeah. I live in Tokyo. I write for a travel magazine out of Australia.

- So, did you? - Huh?

Go to camp Minnehaha in the rocky mountains?

No.

No, I was lucky. I... I went to space camp.

Oh, space camp. Yeah. Lots of fun.

- All alone? - Yeah.

What? No.

What? No, you'll get lost.