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The Discarnates (1988)

Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi · Cinematography by Yoshitaka Sakamoto

108 min61 frames

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Bizarre love for the undead, Driven ever closer to the brink of doom.

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The Discarnates (1988) movie still: medium — A dimly lit bedroom features a woman in the foreground holding a small mug. A man stands in the…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: fullbody — An open desert landscape with sparse bushes and distant mountains under a blue sky. A young woman in…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: fullbody — A patch of overgrown tall grass contains a small, ground-level fire on a stone base. Two men in…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: fullbody — An evening scene at a Japanese theater entrance illuminated by bright promotional display boards. A…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: wide — A narrow, wet urban passage is framed by dark foliage and concrete structures. A young woman sits alone…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: medium — A dark, dimly lit room is filled with shadow and indistinct architectural forms. A young girl in a…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: wide — An overgrown vacant lot is enclosed by white scaffolding fabric and a wooden wall. Two men in suits…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: medium — A low-lit apartment with a window and a round wooden low table. Two men and a woman sit around the…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: medium — A man sits in the dim interior of a movie theater with empty seats. The man looks ahead while sitting…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: medium — A wet asphalt street at night is lined with illuminated Japanese business signage. A man in the…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: medium — Two men sit at a table covered in plates and bottles in a restaurant. They lean in toward each other…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: medium — A dark living room is lit only by the illumination of a CRT television set. The television screen…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: wide — A dimly lit room contains a white modular bookshelf and an armchair. A man in a white shirt stands in the…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: medium — A man in a beige suit stands in a tiled subway concourse area. He is holding a bright green public…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: medium — A Japanese tatami room features shoji screen partitions and a low central wooden table. Three people…The Discarnates (1988) movie still: medium — An izakaya interior with wooden walls and red lanterns hanging above a counter. A man in a suit eats…
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What is The Discarnates about?

A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.

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What does the cinematography of The Discarnates look like?

Across 59 sampled frames, The Discarnates builds its coverage from medium shots (49% of the sample), with wide compositions (24%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Yoshitaka Sakamoto keeps 61% of it in soft, low-key light. 63% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 63% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Discarnates?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Discarnates (1988) are #131413, #31312b, #54594e, #4d4736, #d1c6ac, #d5d5cc — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #131413
  • #31312b
  • #54594e
  • #4d4736
  • #d1c6ac
  • #d5d5cc

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