Presented By: Center for Japanese Studies
Toyota Professor in Residence Special Film Event | "Mental" 「精神」
Toyota Professor in Residence Kazuhiro Soda 想田和弘
Directed by 2016-17 Toyota Professor in Residence Kazuhiro Soda
2008, 135 minutes
Presented in Japanese with English subtitles
★ FREE Film Screening with Kazuhiro Soda's introduction and post-film Q&A session ★
"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.
This event is followed by a mini-reception (10-11pm) at Slurping Turtle (608 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor).
2008, 135 minutes
Presented in Japanese with English subtitles
★ FREE Film Screening with Kazuhiro Soda's introduction and post-film Q&A session ★
"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.
This event is followed by a mini-reception (10-11pm) at Slurping Turtle (608 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor).
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