Ten Years Japan (2018)

Original title

十年 Ten Years Japan

Directed by

Chie Hayakawa, Yusuke Kinoshita, Megumi Tsuno, Akiyo Fujimura

Genre

drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

ALL

Rating

3.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This anthology film presents five short stories set in a near-future Japan. Each story explores a different societal pressure, like aging alone, enforced conformity, new technology, or rising militarism.

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What happens

Ten Years Japan (Jû-nen) is a 2018 Japanese drama anthology film. Featuring five short stories by directors Chie Hayakawa, Yusuke Kinoshita, Megumi Tsuno, Akiyo Fujimura, and Kei Ishikawa, the film imagines the country's near future through themes of aging, conformity, technology, and militarization. Following the structure of the Hong Kong original, Ten Years Japan was developed as part of a multinational project expanding the concept to several Asian countries. It began with the original Ten Years (2015), followed by Ten Years Thailand (2018) and Ten Years Taiwan (2018), as well as Ten Years Japan, and later Ten Years Myanmar (2023). The film was first screened at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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