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Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor (2007)

21m

Running Time

November 17, 2007
Release Date

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Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor (2007)

Name: Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor
Genre: Animation, Drama
Released: 2007-11-17

21m

Running Time

November 17, 2007
Release Date

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Plot.

A hapless country doctor describes with breathless urgency a night-time summons to attend a young patient. Events soon take on a surreal aspect as "unearthly horses" transport him instantaneously to the bedside. The doctor, preoccupied with personal distractions and grievances against those he is employed to care for, fails to find what is revealed to be a vile, fatal wound. He is humiliated by the villagers, who are "always expecting the impossible from the doctor," and doomed to an endless return trip, losing everything.

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Cast & Crew.

Sensaku Shigeyama

Doctor

Koji Yamamura

Director / Animation / Background Designer

Chie Arai

Animation

Rie Yoshida

Animation

Franz Kafka

Original Story

Hitomi Shimizu

Original Music Composer

Hitomi Kanehara

Rosa

Ippei Shigeyama

Boy

Fumi Teranishi

Sister

Mariko Seto

Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
November 17, 2007

Original Name
カフカ田舎医者

Status
Released

Running Time
21m

Genres
Animation Drama

Last updated: 2025-03-11

Wiki.

Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor (カフカ田舎医者, Kafuka: Inaka Isha, German: Franz Kafka – Ein Landarzt) is a 2007 anime short film by Kōji Yamamura.

The film is a direct interpretation of Franz Kafka's short story "A Country Doctor", 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. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2008.