Kappa (1994)

Original title

河童

Directed by

Tatsuya Ishii

Genre

fantasy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 57m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 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.

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How it feels

A photographer returns to his childhood village with his son to fulfill a promise he made to a strange creature he befriended 40 years ago. The creature, named TEN, lives in a mysterious space inside a swamp and was discovered by the photographer when he was eight years old.

nostalgicwhimsicalgentlebittersweetatmosphericslow-burncontemplativechildhood

What happens

『河童』（かっぱ）は、1994年（平成6年）12月10日に公開された日本の特撮映画。製作はカッパドキア。配給は日本ヘラルド映画。カラー、ワイド。上映時間は118分。監督は石井竜也。 配給収入は4億円。 報道写真家の鈴森雄太は、40年前にかけがえのない友達と約束をしていた。 8歳のころに母を亡くした雄太は、沼の中の不思議な空間で異形の生物と出会い、TENと名付ける。雄太はTENと心を通わせるが、その存在は祭りの夜に村人たちに知られてしまう。 大人になった雄太は、TENと再会するために息子とともに村へ戻る。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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