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Johatsu – Into Thin Air | Category | | Human Interest, Human Rights, Investigative Journalism, Social Issues | | Year | | 2024 | | Country | | Germany, Japan | | Running time | | 85’- 52’ | | Format | | | | Production | | Ossa Film Andreas Hartmann, Mori Film | | Director | | Andreas Hartmann, Arata Mori |
Every year, thousands of people vanish without a trace in Japan. Known as the Johatsu, or “the evaporated,” they 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.
Taking an intimate look into the phenomenon of “evaporating people,” JOHATSU – INTO THIN AIR depicts the inner conflicts and attempts at reconciliation of those who have disappeared and those who have been left behind.
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