Mental (2008)
精神
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.
- Date of release
- 2008-06-13
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Kazuhiro Soda
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