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The Deserted City

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Original title

Haishiaka

AKA

Shinjuro
The Deserted City

Year

1984

Running time

105 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Screenwriter

Chiho Katsura. Novel: Takehiko Fukunaga

Cast

Music

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Cinematography

Yoshitaka Sakamoto

Producer

Art Theatre Guild, PSC Company Ltd

Genre

Drama. Romance. Mystery | Romantic Drama. Melodrama

Synopsis

After reading a newspaper article about a town being destroyed in a fire, Eguchi begins to recall the summer he spent there writing his thesis. It's a beautiful canal town, the "Venice of Japan." As he arrives, he is greeted by the daughter of the Kaibara household, Yasuko. The rest of her family seems mysteriously absent. On his first night, Eguchi hears the stifled sound of crying. He attempts to find the source, and is soon drawn into the conflict that is tearing the family apart. While he likens the town to a dream, some of the inhabitants do not share his feelings. There is a sense of being stuck in time, with ruin and death the only future.

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The Deserted City

1984

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi