If you loved The Old Crocodile, try Franz Kafka: Ein Landarzt
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
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Both films are directed by Koji Yamamura, and they sit in Animation territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Old Crocodile, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Franz Kafka: Ein Landarzt is
Eraserhead if animated. A rural doctor is called out one night to attend a patient in a distant village. His journey and treatment devolve into a phantasmagoric nightmare. A singular work of psychological horror.
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