A Step Forward

2019

1h 39m

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Overview

Yoichi Fujiyabu is a pastor working to rescue and rehabilitate suicidal individuals drawn to a cliff in Wakayama prefecture through an emergency hotline and unique employment program. Suicide in Japan is an overwhelming sociological issue, with the annual number regularly exceeding 20,000, however the film approaches it on a human level: reaching spiritual depths while also showing the frustration in attempting to build human systems that can pull people back from desperate acts. A student of the late influential documentary filmmaker Makoto Sato (Self and Others), director Atsushi Kasezawa approaches the subject with deserving sensitivity and urgency. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Countries

Japan

Spoken Languages

Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title	牧師といのちの崖
Release Date	July 6, 2019
Status	Released
Language	EN
Website	Visit Site

Cast

Key Crew

Atsushi Kasezawa

Director

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