29 Mar 2024
Sardou, autoportrait
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Does Your Soul Have a Cold?
This documentary follows the lives of five Japanese individuals to explore how depression is perceived in Japan and how the marketing of anti-depressants since the late 1990s has shifted public awareness. Once a term used only by psychiatric professionals, "utsu" is now commonly used as anti-depressant use has surged.
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Taketoshi Hayashiguchi Himself
Hiyaso Hayashiguchi Herself
Mika Ishikawa Himself
Mika Ishikawa Herself
Michiko Ishikawa Herself
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