Wood Job! (2014) 116 minutes
based on a novel by Shion Miura
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Job!
For my 4th post for #12Days(of)Anime(etc.). a small diversion from anime/ manga: this is still a massively fun thing to spend time watching. You should find and watch the 2014 Japanese movie Wood Job!
Shion Miura, of “Run with the Wind/ Feel the Wind” as well as the novel behind the 2016 anime version and the 2013 live-action version of The Great Passage wrote the original novel. Talk about a track record!
Young guy can’t get a job, bumbles into a forestry intern project, ends up in nowhere mountains rural Japan, learns forestry, falls for the girl, gets roped into big secret village ritual (based on similarly dangerous but less symbolic real ritual/ festival) and wins true love.
Possibly THE WORST ENGLISH TRAILER EVER MADE. Really stupid joke angle fail:
Better trailer:
Japanese guys in fundoshi miraculously avoid splinters!
HEARTS OF FURIOUS FANCIES 