The Forest of Sunekosuri

A haunting blend of folklore and atmospheric dread that channels the eerie spirit of Japanese regional horror into a meditative journey through grief and nature’s darker secrets.

• Revives the sunekosuri yokai myth with fresh, unsettling visual storytelling rooted in rural Japan’s shadowed woods.
• Director Yui Tanaka crafts a slow-burning mood piece that favors creeping unease over cheap scares.
• Practical creature effects and subtle sound design elevate the supernatural without overshadowing the human drama.
• For fans of folk horror and directors like Kôji Shiraishi or Jennifer Kent’s early work, this is a quiet, unnerving exploration of loss and the uncanny.