JOHATSU - INTO THIN AIR

By Andreas HARTMANN, Arata MORI

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Documentary - Completed 2024


Festivals
& Awards

Thessaloniki DocFest 2024
International Competition
CPH/Dox 2024
Highlights
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Andreas HARTMANN, Arata MORI
    • Producer(s)
    • Andrea HARTMANN (OSSA FILM), Arata MORI (Mori Film)
    • Synopsis
    • Every year, thousands of people vanish without a trace in Japan. Known as the Johatsu, or “the evaporated,” they abandon their lives for various reasons, a troublesome relationship, mounting debts or threats from the mafia. Some get support from so-called “night moving” companies, which help people to disappear and start a new life somewhere else. Taking an intimate look into the phenomenon of “evaporating people,” Johatsu – Into Thin Air depicts the inner conflicts and attempts at reconciliation of those who have disappeared and those who have been left behind.