The Woodsman and the Rain

The Woodsman and the Rain

2012 · 129 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy, Drama

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.

Directed by Shuichi Okita · Written by Fumio Moriya

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