The Discarnates (異人たちとの夏, Ijin Tachi to no Natsu) is a 1988 Japanese fantasy drama mystery film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi from a screenplay by Shin'ichi Ichikawa, based on a novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada.

It was screened at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival where it competed for the Golden St. George but lost to Maurizio Nichetti's The Icicle Thief.

Hideo Harada is a TV drama writer who lives alone in an apartment after his divorce from his wife.

While researching places for his written teleplay, he quickly recognized that he was in Asakusa, his childhood home.

When he entered the theater, he began noticing a man whom he was familiar with, only to find out that it was his long-deceased father, Hidekichi.