Kioku-ga Ushinawareta-toki
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Cast & Crew
Hirokazu Koreeda
Sekine Hiroshi
James Naughton
Katsuhiko Hayashi
Shigeru Honda
Yasuhiro Kasamatsu
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An angry protest against governmental cutbacks in the field of public healthcare and medical malpractice. Sekine Hirochi was hospitalized in 1992 for a routine stomach operation. He emerged from the hospital five weeks later with the brain disorder Wernicke's Encephalopathy due to medical neglect, yet it took years for him to qualify for disability pension and for the hospital to admit that cutbacks have been responsible for many patients' lives. three years
Director
Hirokazu Koreeda
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Shown at San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival March 5-12, 1998.
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States March 1998
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States March 1998 (Shown at San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival March 5-12, 1998.)
