Does Your Soul Have a Cold? 2007

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Documentary

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.

Release Date 2007-10-23
Runtime 1h 22m
Director Mike Mills
Producers Takuo Yasuda, Mike Mills, Callum Greene
Writer