7.3
Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor
AnimationShortHorror
Duration
21mRelease
17 Nov 2007Country
Japan
Language
JapaneseOverview
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.
Plot
Surreal events occur when a hapless country doctor visits an ill boy one cold night.
Cast
Sensaku ShigeyamaShigeru ShigeyamaDoji Shigeyama
Ratings
Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10
Details
Director
Kôji Yamamura
Writers
Franz KafkaKôji Yamamura
Awards
2 wins & 1 nomination
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