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Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor(2007)
Status: Released
Date: 2007-11-17
67%
57 Votes
Time: 0h 21m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies:
Yamamura Animation
Movie: Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor
Top 1 Billed Cast
Sensaku Shigeyama
Doctor
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Overview
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.
Release Date
2007-11-17
Average
6.684
Rating:
3.3 startsTagline
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Languages:
日本語
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