Watch the new THE SEA OF TREES trailer!

The film, directed by Gus Van Sant (Milk, Psycho, Good Will Hunting), stars Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, and Naomi Watts.

THE SEA OF TREES will be released in theaters on August 26.

Arthur Brennan treks into Aokigahara, known as The Sea of Trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan’s Mount Fuji where people go to commit suicide. On his journey to the suicide forest, he encounters Takumi Nakamura, a Japanese man who has lost his way after attempting suicide. The two men begin a journey of reflection and survival, which affirms Arthur’s will to live and reconnects him to his love for his wife.