Inaka Isha


Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Kafka Inaka Isha, Ein Landarzt
Japanese: カフカ 田舎医者
English: Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 2, 2007
Producers: Shochiku
Licensors: None found, add some
Source: Other
Genres: Avant GardeAvant Garde, Award WinningAward Winning, DramaDrama
Themes: HistoricalHistorical, PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 20 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.671 (scored by 98449,844 users)
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Ranked: #60462
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Popularity: #4693
Members: 24,070
Favorites: 74

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Synopsis

A hapless country doctor describes with breathless urgency a night-time summons to attend a young patient. Events soon take on a surreal aspect as "unearthly horses" transport him instantaneously to the bedside. The doctor, preoccupied with personal distractions and grievances against those he is employed to care for, fails to find what is revealed to be a vile, fatal wound. He is humiliated by the villagers, who are "always expecting the impossible from the doctor," and doomed to an endless return trip, losing everything.

(Source: ANN)

Background

The film is a direct interpretation of Franz Kafka's short story A Country Doctor.

The film has won several awards, including the 2008 Oufuji Noburou Award from the Mainichi Film Concours and the 2007 Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Characters & Voice Actors

Doctor

Main

Staff

Seto, Mariko
Producer
Yamamura, Koji
Director, Script, Storyboard, In-Between Animation, Key Animation, Special Effects, Background Art, Creator, Character Design, Director of Photography, Editing, 2nd Key Animation
Kafka, Franz
Original Creator
Yoshida, Tsuyoshi
Executive Producer


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Reviews

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.

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Jan 13, 2020
Mixed Feelings
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 ...
Oct 27, 2024
Watching this twisted acid-trip of Kafka’s story is like being dragged into the dark depths of someone else's fever dream that you didn’t sign up for. Now, sure, Kafka wasn’t exactly known for his sunny outlook on life, but this anime turns his bleakness up to eleven and then dials it right back down to “what the fuck was that?”

The animation style is, let’s be generous here, "surreal," which is just fancy talk for the visuals looking like they were dreamt up by a caffeinated toddler in the middle of the night. We get bizarre transformations, faces melting like wax, and expressions so vague you’re ...

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