The Discarnates

Sep 15, 1988

1h 48m

★ 6.4

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

Overview

A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.

Genres

Fantasy

Drama

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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