If you loved The Old Crocodile, try Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Old Crocodile

2005 · dir. Koji Yamamura

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Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor

2007 · dir. Koji Yamamura

What they share

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's a Country Doctor 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.

If you loved The Old Crocodile, try Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor

The Old Crocodile

Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor

What they share

What Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor is

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