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The Discarnates poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 63.5 / 100
1988·Drama / Fantasy·1h 48m

THE DISCARNATES

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

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.

Above the Line
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi·DirectorShin'ichi Ichikawa·ScreenplayTaichi Yamada·NovelYoshitaka Sakamoto·Director of PhotographyMasatsugu Shinozaki·Original Music ComposerKazuo Ôta·Editor
Cast
Morio Kazama·Hidemi HaradaKumiko Akiyoshi·Fusako HaradaTsurutaro Kataoka·Eikichi HaradaToshiyuki Nagashima·Ichiro MamiyaYūko Natori·Kei FujinoAtsuko Kawada·Junko KawadaBengal·Taxi DriverTakashi Sasano·DentistRyoichi Kusanagi·Asakusa Barker 1Yuji Ogata·Asakusa Barker 2
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 5
Nobuhiko Obayashi·DirectorShingo Matsubara·Assistant DirectorKunio Kojima·Assistant DirectorShingo Matsubara·First Assistant DirectorTomoaki Sasae·Assistant Director
Writing· 2
Shin'ichi Ichikawa·ScreenplayTaichi Yamada·Novel
Camera· 1
Yoshitaka Sakamoto·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Kazuo Ôta·Editor
Sound & Music· 9
Masatsugu Shinozaki·Original Music ComposerShûzô Horikawa·Sound MixerIsao Kondô·Sound RecordistSachio Obi·Sound EditorMitsuru Shimada·Sound RecordistMasao Takahashi·Sound Effects EditorSusumu Tanaka·Sound RecordistHiroshi Yamagata·Sound RecordistTatsumi Yoshimura·Sound Recordist
Art & Design· 7
Kazuo Satsuya·Art DirectionYoshiaki Kawai·Set DecorationKeiko Namikawa·Set DecorationYoshinao Tanaka·Set DecorationChieko Okano·Makeup ArtistYûko Katô·Makeup ArtistTomoo Haraguchi·Special Effects Makeup Artist
Production· 3
Kiyoshi Higuchi·ProducerShigemi Sugisaki·Executive ProducerKazuo Kosaka·Associate Producer
Other Departments· 2
Yûko Katô·HairstylistChieko Okano·Hairstylist
By the Numbers
63.5
OF 100
Master Score
7.1
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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