Mental (2008)

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.

Released June 13, 2008 135 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.mental-health, tmdb.observational-documentary, imdb.cinema-verite, imdb.kazuhiro-soda, imdb.mental-health, imdb.mental-illness, imdb.japan + 4 more, imdb.observational-documentary, imdb.direct-cinema, imdb.campaign, aspectratio.1-78-1