Unparalleled record of Morita Therapy.
The 16th Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival
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| 1 | Page Top |
| 2 | Trailer |
| 3 | Recommendation |
| 4 | Overview |
| 5 | Cast & Staff |
| 6 | Watch on demand |
Trailer
Recommendation
“Morita therapy is one of the few psychotherapies that originated in Japan and is known internationally.
Although I'm not a Morita therapist, I believe that as long I'm Japanese, no matter what school of thought I belong to, I can learn something from the thought and techniques of Morita therapy.
Japanese people live in such a way that religion is integrated into daily life, and this is strongly felt in this video.
Although "Buddhism" is not mentioned, the deep everydayness of Morita therapy is felt in the daily work of the therapy.
It is very difficult to explain or convey this through language, but this video seemed to be of great help in making this possible.
It will be a good teaching material for people who want to study psychotherapy at graduate school or elsewhere.”
Overview
A documentary about Inpatient Morita Therapy. Unparalleled record of Morita Therapy.
Morita therapy represents traditional Japanese psychotherapy for anxiety disorder, and it does not apply any kind of medication--instead it puts patients in homelike therapeutic atmosphere and gives guidance to patients as to their daily lives.
Unlike Western therapies, Morita therapy does not try to extract symptom from the patient but encourage patient to live with it.
Patients going through Morita therapy will be aware that the symptom is not really a problem they need to eliminate.
Tokiwadai Psychiatric Clinic in Tokyo is one of the few Japanese psychiatric clinics practice Inpatient Morita therapy.
The film follows a woman suffering from anxiety disorder "social phobia", and her hospitalization in Tokiwadai Psychiatric Clinic (101days).
At the clinic, she lives a homelike environment and through ordinary daily activities, she starts to learn the laws of nature.
Inpatient therapy is the original method of Morita Therapy.
This is the only film that captured all the therapeutic process of Morita Therapy.
Official selection
The 16th Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival
Cast & Staff
| Cast: | Chihiro Fujita (psychiatrist), People who recovered from anxiety disorder |
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| Producer: | Tsuneo Okamoto (Mental Health Okamoto Foundation) |
| Cinematographer: | Shigeru Tayama |
| Medical Consultant: | Susumu Maruyama (psychiatrist / National Institute of Mental Health) |
| English Subtitle: | Samuel Paul Kawashima |
| Recommendation: | Hayao Kawai (psychologist) |
| Director: | Go Nonaka |
| Documentary / Japanese (English Subtitle) / 120min / Japan / 2001 (Original) & 2016 (Digital remastering) | |