Inaka Isha
English title: Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor
Japanese title: カフカ 田舎医者
Alternative titles: Kafka Inaka Isha, Ein Landarzt
Type: Movie
Source: Other
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 2, 2007
Duration: 20 min
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Imagica, Yamamura Animation, Inc.
Producers: Shochiku
Genres: Avant Garde, Award Winning, Drama
Themes: Historical, Psychological

A hapless country doctor describes with breathless urgency a night-time summons to attend a young patient. Events soon take on a surreal aspect as "unearthly horses" transport him instantaneously to the bedside. The doctor, preoccupied with personal distractions and grievances against those he is employed to care for, fails to find what is revealed to be a vile, fatal wound. He is humiliated by the villagers, who are "always expecting the impossible from the doctor," and doomed to an endless return trip, losing everything. 

(Source: ANN)

The film is a direct interpretation of Franz Kafka's short story A Country Doctor. The film has won several awards, including the 2008 Oufuji Noburou Award from the Mainichi Film Concours and the 2007 Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.