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Synonyms: Kafka Inaka Isha, Ein Landarzt
Japanese: カフカ 田舎医者
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Type:
Movie
Episodes:
1
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Oct 2, 2007
Producers:
Shochiku
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Duration:
20 min.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Your Feelings Categories Sep 28, 2009
Making sense of Kafka`s work is difficult enough in its original form as prose, but trying to throw a theatrical spin on something as introspective as Country Doctor makes it even more confusing. The story starts with a distraught country doctor who`s horse has died the night before. His maid runs around town trying to borrow a horse so that the doctor might make his urgent appointment, but no one is willing. In frustration, the doctor kicks the door on his pigsty, and he finds a groom inside, and two horses as well. The groom prepares the horses but the doctor realizes he is after
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Feb 9, 2012
From the beginning of its great opening sequence, Inaka Isha catches its audience with a raw humanity right from "Go". This harrowing narrative acquaints us with an experience similar to Teshigahara Hiroshi's ' Suna no onna (Woman in the Dunes) or the opening scene of Alain Renais' Hiroshima, Mon Amour : we see beautiful animation in the way the snow envelopes the screen and in the sketchiness of the lines, making this seem more like a painting than an anime.
Also, pay attention to the wonderful shadow work in the left most corner of the screen, reminiscent of early silhouette work of Lotte Reiniger (also seen ... Feb 12, 2009
Franz Kafka's stories are known for their weirdness, and so it was inevitable that at least one would be adapted to anime, where a little bit of weird is the norm. ("The Metamorphosis" is available in graphic novel format) But I'm surprised that it's this story, of which I've never heard, was the one.
The story in "A Country Doctor" was hard to follow. Perhaps I'd understand it better if I read the story on which it's based. A lot of it is probably supposed to be metaphors for stuff. Like when one character suddenly bit another character; that's probably a metaphor for humans' cruel nature ... Jan 20, 2019
“I really want to scratch your eyeballs out.” — Terminal child
Not satisfied with the limited selection of the in-town whores, the Doctor (who?) decided to turn toward pedophilia — and LSD — to quell his pent-up sexual frustration; unfortunately, Gandhi (the child) wasn’t having any of it. Not easily deterred, the Doctor (seriously, who?) rubbed his wrinkly shlong all over an unsuspecting horse, in what can only be described as a bizarre case of sexual assault. Franz Kafka, an Austrian-Hungarian writer, wrote A Country Doctor in 1917, during a period where he suffered from stress, migraines, depression, insomnia — SOCIALIST INFLUENCES — and anxiety. ... Jan 13, 2020
So, the story is pretty straightforward but also kind of confusing if you're just looking for a light watch and since it was a short film, I wasn't expecting the weirdness of it all. Weird is almost an understatement.
I didn't read the story prior to watching, but I did read it afterwards and I was still left feeling underwhelmed with the story. The animation is what keeps you interested to watch it. The art is beautiful in its absurdness and I think the art is the only thing that gives this story life -- I also think that it further aids the weirdness of ... Mar 2, 2017
Rate of 3
English subtitles Story what a mess. I got the basics but the why is a complete mystery for me. Maybe my mind is not capable of grasping the message and full plot but my word they could have tried harder to convey it in a more simpler manner. Art In relation to the concept of confusing and mind torturing the art did wonders. Along the art was an eye sore. It made me feel i was on drugs. Not a real nice feeling at all. In addition, why was it necessary? Character Basic at best. There was an attempt at expressing a further more enlighten approach on the ... Aug 25, 2023
Sometimes art is stunning to look at and engages the viewer by moving his heart into the right place.
Other times, the art is just ugly because of a lack of budget, vision, and capacity. In a few cases, while the art might stunning, it just doesn't hit right. Kind of like a weird cacophonic symphony. This is where Inaka Isha has come to die. This (quite liberal) interpretation of Kafka's short story is weird, and not in a good sense. It's not ugly, it's not good, it's just off-putting and doesn't deserve 19 minutes of your time. The story is barely non-existent, the same goes for ... Jul 26, 2021
Story with the same name as the compilation of short narratives published in 1920. ''A rural doctor'' is incredible for some clear reasons: first, the story carries the typical Kafkaesque impotence, in which nothing can be done '' Only a doctor, only a doctor''. Nevertheless, this permeates the author's entire work, so the need to justify it for another reason: its explicit synthesis of the Kafkaesque universe, making dialogue with other of the narratives present in the same collection, because there is, at the same time, the theme of the visit, of isolation, and especially of the journey that never comes to an end.
... Jan 25, 2018
https://thespace.lrb.co.uk/article/a-country-doctor-by-franz-kafka-translated-by-michael-hofmann/
That's the link I used to read the story before hand as the other reviewer MechaRainbow suggested I do before hand, which I usually recommend but it doesn't really matter either way. Pros: Abnormal story. Child choir. Cons: Almost everything else. ~SPOILERS~ ... |