The Discarnates

Sep 15, 1988

1h 48m

★ 6.3

Bizarre love for the undead, Driven ever closer to the brink of doom.

Overview

Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to a 'Rakugo' show, where a friendly man in the audience invites him home. Harada is puzzled at the strong resemblance of this man and his wife to his own parents, who were killed nearly 30 years ago when he was twelve.

Genres

Fantasy

Drama

Horror

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Hidemi Harada

Morio Kazama

Fusako Harada

Kumiko Akiyoshi

Eikichi Harada

Tsurutaro Kataoka

Ichiro Mamiya

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Kei Fujino

Yūko Natori

Junko Kawada

Atsuko Kawada

Taxi Driver

Bengal

Dentist

Takashi Sasano

Asakusa Barker 1

Ryoichi Kusanagi

Asakusa Barker 2

Yuji Ogata

Script Reading

Kazuya Tokimoto

Script Reading

Kenjirou Ishimaru

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