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导演：RichardAlwyn
语言：英语/日语
地区:英国
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类型：纪录片
上映时间：2001-01-07(英国)
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用户标签：纪录片,日本,英国,BBC,2001,Documentary,紀錄片,熊仔俠翻譯的字幕
片长：50分钟
imdb编号：tt2203830
Channel4's"SecretLifeofJapan"seriesconcludeswiththismovingdocumentary.Containingpersonalaccounts,thisfilmshowshowthestressandstrainoffailureatworkandtherecentrecessioninJapan,aredrivingincreasingnumbersofJapanesepeopletosuicide.
Inthepastseveralyears,muchhasbeenwrittenaboutsuicidesandtheirconnectiontohighunemploymentratesinJapan.Direstatisticsshowthatintheyearssince1998,Japan'ssuicidenumbershavetoppedthe30,000markannually.Thishasthegeneralpopulation,aswellashealthandsocialwelfarecriticsaroundtheworldtakingnotice.
NearthebaseofMountFujiisanunhappylittlespotcalledAokigaharaWoods,whichhappenstobeoneofthemostinfamousplacesinJapanforsuicidalpeopletodothemselvesin.Inrecentyearsthesewoodshavebeenknownbyamoretragicname,"SuicideForest".In2003,78middle-agedmenapparentlycommittedsuicideherebyhangingthemselvesfromtreebranches.Thisisanincreasefromtheformerrecordof73foundonsearchesbackin1998.Expertsciteunemployment,bankruptciesandothereconomicproblemsasmajorreasonsforthedeaths.
ThetotalnumberofJapanesesuicidesisroughlyequaltothatoftheentireUnitedStates,acountrythathasmorethantwiceJapan'spopulation.Toputthelatestdataincontext,intoday'sJapanoneisroughlyfivetimesaslikelytodiebyone'sownhandastobekilledinatrafficaccident.
Someculturalfactorsexacerbatetheproblem:lackofreligiousprohibitionagainstsuicide,reluctancetodiscussmentalhealthandstress-relatedproblems,aliterarytraditionthatromanticizessuicide,aviewofsuicideasanhonorableact,awayoftakingresponsibilityforfailure,amongotherissues.Thebreakdownoffamilyandsocialnetworksandtheincreasingisolationofindividualscontributetotheproblem.