Maps of Movies

Little Forest (2018)

Where Little Forest says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A village kitchen across four seasons, and the farmland in Gunwi and Uiseong where each season was filmed

Scenes and places

The city she left behind

Hae-won tells us she has left a stifling Seoul life of instant food and exam study. The city is only mentioned, never shown.

Set in Seoul — The stifling city life of instant food and exam study that Hae-won leaves; mentioned, never shown. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The empty house in the snow

In winter Hae-won hides out in her empty childhood home, cooking dough soup and cleaning snow. Eun-sook and then Aunt Bok-soon find her through the chimney smoke, and she asks them not to tell her mother she is back.

Set in Hae-won's childhood home — The old village house where Hae-won hides out in winter, cooks and cleans snow. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A 70-year-old hanok with three persimmon trees in the yard, chosen by the director. A blog also notes traces of persimmons drying under the eaves and spice bottles in the kitchen.

Filmed at Hae-won's house, 58-1 Miseong 5-gil, Ubo-myeon, Gunwi (Ubo-myeon · Miseong-ri, Gunwi, Daegu, South Korea) — Filmed here. A 70-year-old hanok the director chose; visitors can see the sofa, kitchen and two-seat bicycle used in the film. Described as near the village hall, with a front yard and a back yard. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Caught in the tomato field

Hae-won sneaks into someone's tomato field and is called a thief. Jae-ha, the friend who has taken to farming, is part of her village life from here on.

Set in Field near the village — A field where Hae-won sneaks in and is called a thief; the film's exact location is not given in the sources.

Spring: planting potatoes

In spring Hae-won plants potatoes and waits for the ground to warm. A letter arrives from her mother with a potato bread recipe.

Set in Hae-won's fields in spring — Spring planting; potatoes go in first and wait for the ground to warm.

Supplies and the bank

Eun-sook works at a bank in town and complains about her manager all summer. Hae-won goes into town for supplies.

Set in The nearby town — The town an hour round trip away, where Eun-sook works at a bank.

Autumn: apples and a strained trio

In autumn Jae-ha's orchard is full of apples and Hae-won helps pick. The friends store persimmons and rice for winter while a love triangle strains the trio.

Set in Jae-ha's apple orchard — The orchard full of apples where Hae-won helps pick; its real location is unknown.

Filmed at Hwabon Station, Gunwi — Reported as the station Hae-won arrives at on her way home to the village. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Hae-won — A young woman who quits her Seoul life and returns to her childhood village to cook and farm.
• Eun-sook — Hae-won's friend who works at a bank in town.
• Jae-ha — Hae-won's friend who has taken to farming.