The Deserted City
Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi1984 1 u, 45 mDrama
6.97.1
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 was released on 2 januari 1984.
The Deserted City was directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi.
The Deserted City has a runtime of 1 u, 45 m.
The Deserted City was produced by Kyôko Hanyû.
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.
The key characters in The Deserted City are Yasuko (Satomi Kobayashi), Eguchi (Kisuke Yamashita), Ikuyo (Toshie Negishi).
The Deserted City is a Drama film.
The Deserted City has an audience rating of 6.9 out of 10.