In “Plan 75,” an alternately warm and chilling dispatch from a dystopian near-future, death mostly happens out of sight, just a few steps beyond the frame. Sometimes we see the grim aftermath: a body ...

“Plan 75,” which won a top prize at Cannes, and was Japan’s Oscar submission last year, sensitively addresses the topic of euthanasia. In her feature film debut, writer/director Chie Hayakawa expanded ...

"We're all alone in life." KimStim has announced an official US release date for this indie from Japan titled Plan 75, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Chie Hayakawa. It premiered in ...

A diet of rice and tofu, plenty of regular, gentle exercise and excellent hospitals: the Japanese have nailed the formula for getting old prolifically. With a little less than 30% of the population ...

In this quietly bold debut feature, the Japanese government offers a euthanasia program and a 78-year-old woman considers her future. By Nicolas Rapold When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

To combat an ageing population, a future Japan passes a law to pay older citizens to sign up for an easeful death, in this weird and poignant film This strange, melancholy film from Japan effectively ...