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All of Us Strangers

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4/9/24 (Tues)

A British adaptation by writer/director Andrew Haigh of the Japanese novel Strangers (1987), which was also filmed in Japanese the following year under the English title The Discarnates. The original Japanese title in both cases, Ijin-tachi no Natsu (偉人たちの夏) is something like “Summer with Strangers”, the latter word (ijin) usually referring to foreigners. Whereas the Japanese film followed the novel closely, Haigh has different ideas.

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The Discarnates (偉人たちとの夏)

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1/26/24 (Fri)

I wanted to see Obayashi Nobuhiko’s 1988 adaptation of Yamada Taichi’s best-seller before the acclaimed UK remake, All of Us Strangers, arrives here in the next few months. The Japanese version’s unusual English title refers to a being that does not have a physical body, basically a fancy word for ghosts. That seems to give the game away; I prefer the Japanese title, literally “Summer with Strangers”. The Japanese film is described as a horror story.

*Spoilers Ahead*

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