Little Forest

Little Forest
The cover of the first volume of Little Forest
リトル・フォレスト
(Ritoru Foresuto)
GenreSlice of life
Manga
Written byDaisuke Igarashi
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 2002July 2005
Volumes2
Live-action film
Directed byJunichi Mori
Written byJunichi Mori
ReleasedAugust 30, 2014 (2014-08-30) (Part 1)
February 14, 2015 (2015-02-14) (Part 2)

Little Forest (リトル・フォレスト, Ritoru Foresuto) is a Japanese slice of life manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi. It was adapted into a two-part Japanese live action film released on August 30, 2014, and on February 14, 2015.[1][2] Part 1 film "Little Forest: Summer/Autumn" was screened in the Culinary Zinema (Film and gastronomy) section at the 2014 San Sebastián International Film Festival,[3] part 2 film "Little Forest: Winter/Spring" was screened in the Kulinarisches Kino (Culinary Cinema) section at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival.[4] It was also adapted into a Korean live action film which released on February 28, 2018,[5] and into a South Korean TV series which premiered on August 12, 2019.

  1. ^ "Igarashi Daisuke's Little Forest Manga Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. January 18, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "橋本愛、海女の次は山? 「あまちゃん」舞台・岩手県で新作映画...異例の4部作に". Cinema café (in Japanese). January 18, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "All the films of the 62nd edition". San Sebastian Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  4. ^ "Little Forest". Programme. Berlin International Film Festival. Aug 25, 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  5. ^ "韓国版『リトル・フォレスト』日本版とココが違う!". Cinema Today (in Japanese). February 21, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2020.