Plan 75
| Plan 75 | |
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 Promotional release poster | |
| Directed by | Chie Hayakawa |
| Written by | Chie Hayakawa Jason Gray |
| Produced by | Eiko Mizuno-Gray Jason Gray Maeva Savinien |
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| Cinematography | Hideho Urata |
| Edited by | Anne Klotz |
| Music by | Rémi Boubal |
Production companies | Loaded Films Urban Factory Happinet-Phantom Studios Dongyu Club WOWOW Fusee |
| Distributed by | Happinet (Japan) TBA Studios (Philippines) |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Countries | Japan Philippines France |
| Languages | Japanese Tagalog |
Plan 75 is a 2022 dystopian drama film directed by Chie Hayakawa, starring Chieko Baisho, Hayato Isomura and Stefanie Arianne. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
Plot
In a near-future Japan, the Japanese government creates a program called "Plan 75" that offers free euthanasia services to all Japanese citizens 75 and older in order to deal with its rapidly aging population.
줄거리
가상의 현대. 일본에서는 고령화 문제의 해결책으로서 75세 이상의 고령자에게 안락사할 권리(통칭·플랜 75)가 인정되었다.
78세의 카츠야 미치( 배상 치에코 )는 익숙하지 않은 미망인이지만 신체는 튼튼하고, 호텔의 객실 청소원으로서 일하고 있었다. 그러나 고령을 이유로 해고되는 미치. 다음 정직을 찾지 못하고 생활보호에도 저항이 있는 미치는 마침내 플랜 75를 신청했다.
플랜 75의 직원인 청년·오카베 히롬( 이소무라 용두 )은, 창구에서 무료의 「합동 플랜」에 대해서 온화하게 설명하고 있었다. 타인과 정리해 화장·매장되면 장례식이나 무덤 비용의 걱정이 없는 코스였다. 그런 히롬의 창구에 나타나는 유키오. 유키오는 20년간 음사태가 없었던 히롬의 삼촌이었다.
이미 아버지를 잃고 있어 삼촌과의 교류를 갖고자 하는 히롬. 하지만 유키오는 플랜 75를 마음껏 기다리고 있어 75세의 생일에 신청을 하고 있었다. 다소의 동요를 보이면서도, 죽음에 장소의 시설로 향하는 유키오.
죽음의 장소 시설에서 진찰대에 누워 미치. 산소 마스크에서 가스가 흐르면 잠에 빠져 사망할 것이다. 옆의 받침대에서 조용히 죽어가는 유키오. 하지만 실수로 미치의 마스크에는 가스가 흐르지 않았다.
유키오를 멈추려고 시설을 방문하는 히롬. 하지만 유키오는 이미 죽었다. 적어도 화장은 합동이 아니라 몸으로 가자 분주하는 히롬. 살아남은 미치는 시설을 빠져나와 석양 속을 걸어갔다.
Cast
- Chieko Baisho as Michi Kakutani
- Hayato Isomura as Hiromu Okabe
- Stefanie Arianne as Maria
- Yuumi Kawai as Yōko Nariyama
- Takao Taka as Yukio Okabe
- Ōkata Hisako as Ineko
- Kazuyoshi Kushida as Fujimaru
- Yusaku Mori
- Yoko Yano as Michi's co-worker
- Mari Nakayama as Michi's co-worker
Production
The film is based on a short film of the same title, also directed by Chie Hayakawa, that was released as part of the 2018 anthology film Ten Years Japan.[1][2]
Release
The film premiered at the Un Certain Regard section of the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2022.[3] The film also won the Special Mention award in the Caméra d'Or competition.[4] The film was released in Japan on 17 June.[5] The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.[6]
Film distributor TBA Studios had acquired the theatrical distribution rights film in the Philippines, one of the co-producing countries for this film.[7]
Reception
Critical response
Plan 75 has an approval rating of 95% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 55 reviews, and an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Sensitive and insightful, Plan 75 uses its sci-fi setting to explore our relationship with death -- and what it really means to live".[8] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]
Diego Semerene of Slant Magazine rated the film 3 stars out of 4 and wrote that "With stinging precision, Hayakawa Chie reveals a culture that seems almost mobilized to destroy its own soul."[10] Stephanie Bunbury of Deadline Hollywood wrote that "Stylistically, it looks a bit like a training film. What this means – the brilliance of this film – is that Hayakawa is able to make the idea of wiping out a generation seem drably normal within about quarter of an hour, something to ponder in itself."[11] Tim Grierson of Screen Daily wrote that the film "may seem like it’s about ageing, but more accurately it is about the importance of community".[12]
James Hadfield of The Japan Times rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote that "as the film progresses, a sense of numb resignation sets in. But Hayakawa refuses to end on a resolutely downbeat note — and in its haunting closing shot, “Plan 75” achieves something close to an epiphany."[1] Clarence Tsui of the South China Morning Post also rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote that "throughout the film, Hayakawa implies rather than explains, and this tactfulness instils Plan 75 with the power one expects of a bitter denunciation for our troubling times."[13] Jaden S. Thompson of The Harvard Crimson also rated the film 4 stars out of 5, writing that it "upholds the inherent value of human life with its introspective writing and performances."[14]
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