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.
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Kazuhiro Soda Director
First release June 13, 2008 · Produced in Japan · Original title 精神
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Original title
精神
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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Japan · June 13, 2008
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