• Arata Mori & Andreas Hartmann on Documenting the Japanese Phenomenon of "Johatsu"

  • May 14 2024
  • Length: 34 mins
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Arata Mori & Andreas Hartmann on Documenting the Japanese Phenomenon of "Johatsu"

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  • In this episode, I talk with filmmakers Arata Mori and Andreas Hartmann about their new documentary “Johatsu” that is currently on the festival circuit. Every year, thousands of people vanish without a trace in Japan. The film explorers the phenomena known as Johatsu, or “the evaporated,” about people who abandon their lives for various reasons, a troublesome relationship, mounting debts or threats from the mafia. Some get support from so-called “night moving” companies, which help people to disappear and start a new life somewhere else. The film “Johatsu” depicts the inner conflicts and attempts at reconciliation of those who have disappeared and those who have been left behind.


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