Underplayed Gems

Farewell to the Ark (1984)

Farewell to the Ark poster
Original title
さらば箱舟
Directed by
Shūji Terayama
Genre
fantasy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 07m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In a remote isolated village, a mysterious carpenter arrives and the town begins to lose their memory. The film follows the intertwined lives of the villagers as strange events unfold over many years.

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What happens

Farewell to the Ark (Japanese: さらば箱舟, Hepburn: Saraba hakobune) is a 1984 Japanese mystery film directed by Shūji Terayama, loosely based on the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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