完全
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精神
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멘탈
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完全精神手冊
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精神 (映画)
director:
Kazuhiro Soda
playwright:
Kazuhiro Soda
genre:
Documentary
region:
Japan
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United States
language:
Japanese
length: 2h 15m
release date: 2009-06-13
IMDb: tt1295064
website:
laboratoryx.us/mentaljp/index.php
精神
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.