Mental (2008)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 15min
- Documentary
- 13 Jun 2009 (Japan)
- Movie
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...
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- 4 wins & 2 nominations.
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Toshio Kashiwagi | ... |
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Itsuko Kishimoto | ... |
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Ikuo Miyake | ... |
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Kikuyo Nishimura | ... |
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Masatomo Yamamoto | ... |
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Directed by
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Written by
| Kazuhiro Sôda | ... | (screenplay) |
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Cinematography by
| Kazuhiro Sôda | ||
Editing by
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Production Companies
- Asian Cinema Fund (Pusan International Film Festival) (support)
- Asian Network of Documentary (support)
- Dongseo Asia Fund (support)
- Laboratory X
- Pusan International Film Festival (support)
Distributors
- Astaire (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Films Boutique (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
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- Look Effects (visual effects)
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Storyline
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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. Written by Kazuhiro Soda |
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