A Country Doctor (film)
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| name = A Country Doctor
| image =
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| director = Kōji Yamamura
| writer = Kōji Yamamura
| starring = Sensaku Shigeyama
| producer =
| music = Hitomi Shimizu
| cinematography = Kōji Yamamura
| editing = Kōji Yamamura
| distributor = Shōchiku
| released = {{Film date|2007|09|21|Ottawa International Animation Festival|2007|11|17|Japan}}
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
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{{Nihongo|Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor|カフカ 田舎医者|Kafuka: Inaka Isha|{{langx|de|Franz Kafka – Ein Landarzt}}}} is a 2007 anime short film by Kōji Yamamura.{{Cite news |title=Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor |work=Newtype USA |volume=7 |issue=2 |page=15 |date=February 2008 |issn=1541-4817 }}
The film is a direct interpretation of Franz Kafka's short story "A Country Doctor",{{cite web|url=http://www.shochikufilms.com/film/detail.php?product_code=574 |title=Shochiku Co., Ltd |publisher=Shochikufilms.com |accessdate=2010-04-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717114954/http://www.shochikufilms.com/film/detail.php?product_code=574 |archive-date=2011-07-17 }} voiced by kyōgen actors of the Shigeyama house.
The film has won several awards, including the 2008 Ōfuji Noburō Award from the Mainichi Film Concours and the 2007 Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.{{Cite news |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-24/a-country-doctor-wins-ottawa-animation-fest's-prize |title='A Country Doctor' Wins Ottawa Animation Fest's Prize |work=Anime News Network |date=September 24, 2007 |accessdate=2016-03-27 }} It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2008.
Plot
The story involves a country doctor who describes his urgent call to look after a young patient.
More and more, the doctor gets involved in surreal experiences as he is transported to his patient by seemingly "unearthly horses" in a blink of an eye. While treating the patient, he fails to find the fatal wound which results in humiliation by the villagers and an endless return trip, losing everything.
It tells the story of the continuous pressure on doctors, and the never-ending impossible expectations laying on their shoulders.
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20090924094625/http://www.shochiku.co.jp:80/movie/inakaisha/}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|anime|6858|Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor}}
- {{IMDb title|1118665|Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor}}
{{Ōfuji Noburō Award}}
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Category:2007 animated short films
Category:Animated films based on short fiction
Category:Films based on works by Franz Kafka
Category:Films directed by Kōji Yamamura
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