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A Country Doctor (film)

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is a 2007 anime short film by Kji Yamamura.

The film is a direct interpretation of Franz Kafka's short story "A Country Doctor", voiced by 'kygen' actors of the Shigeyama house.

The film has won several awards, including the 2008 fuji Nobur 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.

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.

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