Inaka Isha

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.

... The category of the grotesque implies the creation of fantastic universes, the bizarre, and other strange ways of representing reality. In this sense, the artistic choice of the work ''Inaka Isha'' follows a style that, similar to Kafka's work, evokes an atmosphere of nightmare and absurdity. Of course, even though this anime is not a bad representation, it fails to take away everything the work has to offer. For those who have never read Kafka's book, it will be very difficult to understand any kind of implied meaning. Don't get me wrong, it goes without saying that Kafka's works are not at all easy to interpret. However, when passed to anime, it became even more confusing.

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 ... the story in general.

Overall, I think it was an interesting watch nonetheless. I do feel like I needed knowledge of the story beforehand to real appreciate the short film and how it really brought a sense of eeriness that isn't felt in the short story.

I think if you are looking for a quick watch then it's good, but if you're looking for some depth then I think you can look elsewhere.

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 ... the characters. But there must be some kind of pull, right? Some catharsis or something along those lines that justifies all of it.

Unfortunately for us, there is none. It's an exercise in style made for its own sake. In other words, it's weird because it has to be weird. And this is the worst case imaginable for weirdness to exist.

A Country's Doctor is not for everyone, perhaps those attracted to more experimental stuff might give it a chance, but frankly, it's just boring and dull and it really doesn't leave anything of value to the viewer.
A waste of time, to put it simply.

You're better off just skipping it all together.
2/10 because at the very least it's not more of the same and the drawings are... peculiar to say the least.