Dying at a Hospital

6.2 / 10

(4 votes)

Filmed in a documentary style, six patients in six wards of different ages and circumstances await death at a hospital in Japan. The sterile and dismal environment is contrasted against the emotional being of the patients, their visitors and relatives and the outside world, which they will never again survey.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

100 minutes

Year:

1993

Director:

Jun Ichikawa

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Company:

Kindai Eiga Kyokai,

OPT Communications,

TV Tokyo

Cast:
Ittoku Kishibe

Dr. Yamaoka

Masayuki Shionoya

Toshio Noguchi

Akira Yamanouchi

Kenji Kawamura

Reiko Nanao

Haruyo Ikeda

Crew:
Tatsuhiko Kobayashi

Cinematography

Jun Ichikawa

Writer

Jun Ichikawa

Director

Shigeo Mano

Production Design

Yukio Watanabe

Editor