日本《電影旬報》年度十大佳片第一名,藍絲帶最佳男配角、導演雙大獎。
人生走到最後,究竟想要什麼? 村裡唯一的老醫生,竟然神秘失蹤…… 一個偏遠的村莊裡,只剩下年邁的長者,村裡的醫療也僅由一位資深的醫生(笑福亭鶴瓶飾演)負責,從接生、高血壓、心臟病到老年癡呆症,大病小病一手包辦,高明的醫術讓全村奉為神明。老醫生不僅關心村民的健康,還會陪老人們聊心事,村民都十分喜愛。某日,從外地前來實習的年輕醫生(瑛太飾演)來到村裡,開始鄉野見習的生活,卻意外發現老醫師來到小村莊的秘密…… The film begins with the sudden disappearance of Ino, the only doctor in a small, rural village. We then flash back to two months earlier, when a young intern from Tokyo arrives in a red convertible for his residency with Ino. Through the intern’s eyes, we see a portrait of a kindhearted country doctor revered as a savior by the villagers. But when Ino and an elderly female patient decide to keep her potentially fatal illness hidden from her family, Ino’s own secrets start to slowly unravel, and force everyone to question whether a lie is a sin if told in the name of compassion. What begins as a DOC HOLLYWOOD-like comedy soon evolves into an affecting drama about life in the face of death (much like the recent Oscar-winning DEPARTURES), before shifting into a wholly original, provocative examination of ethics and humanity. |