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 born in Japan that has also gained international recognition. Although I am not a practitioner of Morita Therapy myself, I believe that as long as one is Japanese, regardless of the school of thought one belongs to, one inevitably learns something from the perspectives and techniques of Morita Therapy.
Japanese people tend to live in a way in which religion is seamlessly interwoven into everyday life, and this becomes strongly apparent when watching this video. Buddhism is not explicitly discussed, yet within the daily tasks and work activities shown, one can sense the profound everydayness that lies at the heart of Morita Therapy.
It is extremely difficult to explain or convey this aspect through language alone, but the medium of video proves to be remarkably effective in making it accessible. This work will surely serve as excellent teaching material for those studying psychotherapy in graduate programs and beyond.
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) | |