The Sea of Trees
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The Sea of Trees is a 2015 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matthew McConaughey and Naomi Watts, about a suicidal American man who travels to Japan's Aokigahara forest and forms an unexpected bond with a lost Japanese man.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sea of Trees canonical | 2 |
| Sea of Trees | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5254963 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sea of Trees Context triple: [Alan Heim, edited, The Sea of Trees]
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A.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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B.
The Four Trees
The Four Trees is one of Claude Monet’s Poplars paintings, depicting a stand of trees along the Epte River in his characteristic Impressionist style.
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C.
The Forest Trees
The Forest Trees is a short story by Washington Irving included in his 1822 collection "Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists."
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D.
The Tree
"The Tree" is a minimalist abstract painting by American artist Agnes Martin, exemplifying her serene grid-based style and meditative approach to art.
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E.
In the Woods
In the Woods is a 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Asher B. Durand, exemplifying the Hudson River School’s detailed and reverent depiction of the natural world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sea of Trees Target entity description: The Sea of Trees is a 2015 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matthew McConaughey and Naomi Watts, about a suicidal American man who travels to Japan's Aokigahara forest and forms an unexpected bond with a lost Japanese man.
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A.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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B.
The Four Trees
The Four Trees is one of Claude Monet’s Poplars paintings, depicting a stand of trees along the Epte River in his characteristic Impressionist style.
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C.
The Forest Trees
The Forest Trees is a short story by Washington Irving included in his 1822 collection "Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists."
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D.
The Tree
"The Tree" is a minimalist abstract painting by American artist Agnes Martin, exemplifying her serene grid-based style and meditative approach to art.
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E.
In the Woods
In the Woods is a 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Asher B. Durand, exemplifying the Hudson River School’s detailed and reverent depiction of the natural world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by Chris Sparling ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Kasper Tuxen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Gus Van Sant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | A24 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Pietro Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalSection | Cannes Film Festival main competition ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Ken Watanabe as Takumi Nakamura
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matthew McConaughey as Arthur Brennan NERFINISHED ⓘ Naomi Watts as Joan Brennan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Arthur Brennan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Takumi Nakamura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mason Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A suicidal American man travels to Japan's Aokigahara forest and forms an unexpected bond with a lost Japanese man. ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| producer |
Gil Netter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gus Van Sant NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Kao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Bloom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waypoint Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUnitedStates | 2016-08-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Chris Sparling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Aokigahara forest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Ken Watanabe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matthew McConaughey NERFINISHED ⓘ Naomi Watts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
grief
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sea of Trees Description of subject: The Sea of Trees is a 2015 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matthew McConaughey and Naomi Watts, about a suicidal American man who travels to Japan's Aokigahara forest and forms an unexpected bond with a lost Japanese man.
Referenced by (3)
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