The Discarnates

The Discarnates
The Discarnates
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Screenplay by	Shin'ichi Ichikawa
Based on	Strangers; by Taichi Yamada
Produced by	Kiyoshi Higuchi
Starring	Morio Kazama; Tsurutarō Kataoka; Kumiko Akiyoshi; Toshiyuki Nagashima; Yuko Natori;
Cinematography	Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Edited by	Kazuo Ota
Music by	Masatsugu Shinozaki
Production; company	Shochiku
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	September 15, 1988 (Japan);
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Discarnates (Japanese: 異人たちとの夏, Hepburn: Ijin Tachi to no Natsu) is a 1988 Japanese fantasy drama mystery film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi from a screenplay by Shin'ichi Ichikawa, based on the novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada. This was later adapted into an English film, All of Us Strangers (2023).

Produced and distributed by Shochiku, the film was released in Japan on September 15, 1988. It was screened at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival where it competed for the Golden St. George but lost to Maurizio Nichetti's The Icicle Thief.

Plot

Hideo Harada is a TV drama writer who lives alone in an apartment after his divorce from his wife. While researching places for his written teleplay, he quickly realizes that he is in Asakusa, his childhood hometown. When he enters a theater, he notices a familiar man, only to find out that it is his long-deceased father, Hidekichi. Hidekichi invites his son to his home where he lives with his wife Fusako.

Cast

Morio Kazama as Hideo Harada: A TV drama writer who lives alone in his apartment after he divorced Ayako.

Tsurutaro Kataoka as Hidekichi Harada: Hideo's father and Fusako's husband. He and his wife were killed in a car accident when their son was 12.

Kumiko Akiyoshi as Fusako Harada: Hideo's mother and Hidekichi's wife.

Yûko Natori as Kei Fujino: Hideo's neighbor from upstairs.

Toshiyuki Nagashima as Ichiro Mamiya: Hideo's co-worker at the TV station.

Awards and nominations

31st Blue Ribbon Awards

Won: Best Supporting Actor (Tsurutaro Kataoka)
Won: Best Supporting Actress (Kumiko Akiyoshi)

62nd Kinema Junpo Best Ten Awards

Won: Best Supporting Actor (Tsurutaro Kataoka)
Won: Best Supporting Actress (Kumiko Akiyoshi)

33rd Mainichi Film Awards

Won: Excellence Film (shared with Kimurake no Hitobito, Tomorrow and The Silk Road)
Won: Best Director (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
Nominated: Best Actress (Kumiko Akiyoshi)

1st Nikkan Sports Film Awards

Won: Best Supporting Actress (Kumiko Akiyoshi, also won for Tora-san Plays Daddy)

13th Hochi Film Award

Won: Best Supporting Actor (Tsurutaro Kataoka)

16th Moscow International Film Festival

Nominated: Golden St. George

10th Yokohama Film Festival

Won: Best Supporting Actor (Tsurutaro Kataoka)
4th Best Film

12th Japan Academy Awards

Won: Screenplay of the Year (Shin'ichi Ichikawa)
Won: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Tsurutaro Kataoka, also won for Yojo no jidai)
Nominated: Picture of the Year
Nominated: Director of the Year (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Morio Kazama)
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Kumiko Akiyoshi)
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Yûko Natori)
Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography (Yoshitaka Sakamoto)
Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing (Kazuo Ota)
Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction (Kazuo Satsuya)
Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction (Takehiko Sakuma)
Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording (Mitsuru Shimada, Yukio Obi)

References

↑ ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
↑ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
↑ "16th Moscow International Film Festival (1989)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
↑ 第１０回ヨコハマ映画祭１９８８年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
↑ １９８８年度日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-01-22.

External links

The Discarnates at IMDb

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[1] ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2010-01-22.

[2] 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-22.

[Moscow1989-3] "16th Moscow International Film Festival (1989)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-02-24.

[4] 第１０回ヨコハマ映画祭１９８８年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-01-22.

[5] １９８８年度日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-01-22.

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