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

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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