The Discarnates (1988)
- Original title
- 異人たちとの夏
- Directed by
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A screenwriter in Tokyo starts seeing his long-dead parents at their old home. He becomes obsessed with visiting them again, blurring the line between memory and reality.
melancholicdreamlikeunsettlingslow-burneeriebittersweetintrospectiveghostly
What happens
The Discarnates (Japanese: 異人たちとの夏, Hepburn: Ijin Tachi to no Natsu) is a 1988 Japanese fantasy drama mystery film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi from a screenplay by Shin'ichi Ichikawa, based on the novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada. Produced and distributed by Shochiku, the film was released in Japan on September 15, 1988. It was screened at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival where it competed for the Golden St. George but lost to Maurizio Nichetti's The Icicle Thief. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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