• Oct 23, 2007
  • 82 min
  • Full-HD

Does Your Soul Have a Cold? (2007)

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.

Category
Country
United States of America
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Rainbow Media

Taketoshi Hayashiguchi

Himself

Hiyaso Hayashiguchi

Herself

Mika Ishikawa

Himself

Mika Ishikawa

Herself

Michiko Ishikawa

Herself

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