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Ghost Town

A man driving a taxi in the nighttime
A man sits in a taxi in the nighttime
Side profile of a man driving a taxi through streetlights
A silhouetted deer
A man in a taxi office, viewed through a window

Synopsis

In a Japanese coastal town still haunted by the 2011 tsunami, a taxi becomes a moving confession booth. Over the course of one night, a series of conversations between drivers and their passengers reveal how those who survived live with the dead - as ghostly tales, dreams and everyday life merge in a magical drift between reality and imagination.
Official Selection Visions du Reel 2026

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Running time
64 min
Format
Digital
Director
Katharine Round 2nd Feature
Producer
Katharine Round, Laura Shacham, Shiori Ito
Editor
John Mister, Katharine Round
Director of Photography
Jamie Quantrill
Sound
Simon Panayi
Principal cast
Shiori Ito, Toru Konno, Yoshiji Iwasaki, Fumio Goto, Masaaki Koike, Yoichi Matsuda

Genre

Asian Docufiction Woman Director

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Disobedient Films

Katharine Round
10-28 Millers Avenue
London
E8 2DS

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