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The Petrified Forest

6.319731h 58mMovieCrimeDrama

Troubled medical student Haruo navigates a toxic relationship with his mother and a dangerous affair with former classmate Eiko, leading to a murder plot involving a potent poison.

DirectorMasahiro Shinoda
WriterNobuo Yamada
ProducerTomohiro Kaiyama

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Cast · Directed by Masahiro Shinoda

KHKenichi Hagiwara
Kenichi Hagiwara
SIShima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita
TKTakeshi Kusaka
Takeshi Kusaka
SNSayoko Ninomiya
Sayoko Ninomiya
HSHaruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
AT
Akio Tanaka
MYMasako Yagi
Masako Yagi
IK
Ippei Kawashima
THTorahiko Hamada
Torahiko Hamada
HM
Hiroshi Mizushima
MHMasami Horiuchi
Masami Horiuchi
亀
亀田秀紀

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The Petrified Forest is streaming on Criterion Channel in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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