Overview
MENTAL is a feature-length documentary that observes the complex world of an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan, interwoven with patients, doctors, staff, volunteers, and home-helpers, in cinema- verite style. The film breaks a major taboo against discussing mental illness prevalent in Japanese society, and captures the candid lives of people coping with suicidal tendencies, poverty, a sense of shame, apprehension, and fear of society.
Year 2008
Studio Laboratory X
Director Kazuhiro Soda
Crew Kazuhiro Soda (Director), Kazuhiro Soda (Director of Photography), Kazuhiro Soda (Editor), Kiyoko Kashiwagi (Producer), Kazuhiro Soda (Producer)
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Language 日本語
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