Aokigahara: Suicide Forest

Situated in Japan, the Aokigahara Forest is the most well-known suicide site in the country, with up to a hundred deaths reported each year. The site contains so many bodies that members of the Yakuza have reportedly paid homeless people to enter the forest and rob the corpses. The forest is located at the base of Mount Fuji, where the vegetation is too dense for authorities to patrol regularly, meaning officials only sweep for bodies once a year.

Aokigahara: Suicide Forest sheds light on this hauntingly beautiful site while carefully addressing the sensitive subject of suicide. It introduces Azusa Hayano, a geologist and modest patrolman who has spent decades studying the forest and strives to save as many lives as possible under his watch. An empathetic individual, he volunteers his time to help those considering or attempting suicide in the forest.