<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">One of the best and weirdest: Charisma, by Kurosawa.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And other odd one: Jogakusei Gerira, by Adachi Masao</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>M</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 31, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Rob Smith wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction for stories that take place in the forest. Preferably not samurai stories. I'm not looking for anything too specific, but something closer to Tom Sawyer than Lord of the Flies. Ghost stories are fine. Kids lost in the woods, adventure, obstacles and tasks...stuff like that. (It doesn't specifically have to be a Japenese story, but this is a Japanese film list.) <BR><BR>I'm looking for both films and written stories, so whatever you've got (as long as there is an English translation) is cool.<BR clear="all"><BR>-- <BR>-rob<BR><A href="http://www.robixsmash.com/">http://www.robixsmash.com/ </A></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>