
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Mika Ishikawa
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- Director
- Mike Mills
- Producer
- Takuo Yasuda
- Producer
- Callum Greene
- Producer
- Mike Mills