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Mirrored Mind

Mirrored Mind poster
Directed by
Gakuryū Ishii
Country
Japan

How it feels

A Japanese actress struggling with burnout and depression faces a breakdown of her sense of self. The film follows her through a hazy, fragmented experience of identity crisis.

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What happens

Mirrored Mind (Japanese: 鏡心, Hepburn: Kyoshin) is a 2005 Japanese experimental drama film by Gakuryū Ishii. The film stars Miwako Ichikawa as an actress experiencing burnout, depression and a crisis of identity. It is a feature-length version of the short film created for Jeonju International Film Festival Digital Project. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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