What Should We Have Done?
In 1983, the director’s 24-year-old sister developed symptoms of schizophrenia.Her parents couldn’t accept it—refusing to seek treatment for their sick child, they confined her to their house, to the point of even fixing a padlock on the front door to lock her in.Her younger brother, suspicious of his parents’ actions, began filming the family in an effort to openly question them.
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In 1983, the director’s 24-year-old sister developed symptoms of schizophrenia. Her parents couldn’t accept it—refusing to seek treatment for their sick child, they confined her to their house, to the point of even fixing a padlock on the front door to lock her in. Her younger brother, suspicious of his parents’ actions, began filming the family in an effort to openly question them. A family conflict that lasted over twenty years.
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- Release date
- Dec 7, 2024
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- 1h 42m
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- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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