Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

ByfollowingthelivesoffiveJapaneseindividualsthisdocumentaryexplorestheproblemofdepressioninJapanandhowthemarketingofanti-depressantdrugshaschangedthewaytheJapaneseviewdepression.Marketingofanti-depressantsdidnotbegininJapanuntilthelate1990sandpriortothis,depressionwasnotwidelyrecognizedasaproblembytheJapanesepublic.Sincethen,useofanti-depressantshassky-rocketedanduseoftheJapaneseword"utsu"todescribedepressionhasbecomecommonplace,havingpreviouslybeenusedonlybypsychiatricprofessionals.