I never wanted to make this film. And I hope no one ever has to make a film like this again.
This is not a documentary I chose to create—it is a cry for justice, born from unspeakable loss. My mother was killed by the very institutions meant to protect her: the city government, police, courts, guardianship system, and care facilities. I was imprisoned under psychiatric law simply for trying to protect her.
For six months, I was silenced. She was hidden from me. When she died alone—abandoned, drugged, denied medical care—I knew I had no choice but to speak. This film is the only voice I have left.
Japan is misunderstood by the world. It is not a peaceful, compassionate nation. It is a nation of unchecked authority, systemic abuse, and legal violence—no different from North Korea in how it strips away rights, separates families, and hides its crimes behind bureaucracy.
I made this film with the help of AI, because I couldn’t bear to film the truth myself. There was too much pain. This is not art—it is evidence.
Please do not respect Japan until this is resolved. Please boycott its institutions, its image, and its silence. There are many other victims like me—some are minors. They are imprisoned, drugged, stripped of identity through guardianship laws and forced confinement. This is not just my story—it is a warning.
I loved my mother. I fought to keep her safe. They used violence to take her from me—and she died. This is a crime. A state-sanctioned crime.
I demand justice, not just for my mother, but for every silenced victim in this broken system.
Logline: A devastating exposé of systemic elder abuse, unlawful confinement, and institutional negligence in Japan—told by the son who fought to save his mother.
Synopsis: This 9-minute documentary unveils the harrowing final six months of an elderly woman’s life in northern Japan, where she was forcibly taken from her home, denied essential medical care, and isolated until her death—all under the legal guardianship system.
Told by her only son, who was wrongfully confined under psychiatric law for resisting her removal, this film documents how multiple public agencies—including city hall, police, the family court, and a guardian—colluded in silencing her suffering.
Despite signs of chronic subdural hematoma and possible locked-in syndrome, life-saving interventions were withheld. Her death was labeled “natural,” erasing all traces of medical neglect and legal manipulation.
This is not just a personal tragedy—it is a collective human rights failure. The filmmaker demands an international investigation and urgent reform of Japan’s guardianship laws.
