Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

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.

Year: 2007

Genre: Documentary

Studio: Rainbow Media

Director: Mike Mills

Cast: Taketoshi Hayashiguchi, Hiyaso Hayashiguchi, Mika Ishikawa, Mika Ishikawa, Michiko Ishikawa

Crew: Mike Mills (Director), Takuo Yasuda (Producer), Callum Greene (Producer), Mike Mills (Producer), Linda Lichter (Legal Services)

Runtime: 82 minutes

Release: Oct 23, 2007

IMDb: 6.30/10 by 3 users

Popularity: 0

Country: United States of America

Language: 日本語

Budget: 0

Revenue: 0

Keyword : depression, japan, drugs, psychiatric ward, prescription drug abuse, prescription medication, anti-depressant, psychiatric treatment, utsu