Release Date

23 Oct, 2007

Runtime

01:22: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

By following the lives of five Japanese individuals this documentary explores the problem of depression in Japan and how the marketing of anti-depressant drugs has changed the way the Japanese view depression. Marketing of anti-depressants did not begin in Japan until the late 1990s and prior to this, depression was not widely recognized as a problem by the Japanese public. Since then, use of anti-depressants has sky-rocketed and use of the Japanese word "utsu" to describe depression has become commonplace, having previously been used only by psychiatric professionals.

Original Title

マイク・ミルズのうつの話

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Actors

Crew

Mike Mills

Callum Greene

Mike Mills

Takuo Yasuda

Linda Lichter