What Should We Have Done?
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In 1983, the director's 24-year-old sister developed symptoms of schizophrenia. Her parents couldn't accept it—refusing to seek treatment for their sick child, they confined her to their house, to the point of even fixing a padlock on the front door to lock her in. Her younger brother, suspicious of his parents' actions, began filming the family in an effort to openly question them. A family conflict that lasted over twenty years.
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Tomoaki Fujino Director · Yumiko Asano Cinematographer
First release October 8, 2023 · Produced in Japan · Production Zou-shima
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TOFOO FILMS, LLC
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Zou-shima
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Japan
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Original title
どうすればよかったか？
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 8, 2023
Premiere · Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Japan · December 7, 2024
Theatrical
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Hong Kong SAR China
October 23, 2025 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
South Korea
May 25, 2025 · Premiere · Seoul Disabled People's Rights Film Festival
July 29, 2026 · Theatrical
Taiwan
May 10, 2024 · Premiere · Taiwan International Documentary Festival
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