Reimagining Death
Plan 75
Hosted by:
UM’s Humanities Institute
UM’s Humanities Institute
Reimagining Death, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, is a series of free film screenings which present interesting perspectives on our common mortality. Each screening is introduced by a local expert, and followed by a discussion of the film.
In a Japan of the near future, government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
Conversation hosted by Dr. Brian Dowdle (Japanese)
Presentation @ 7:30
Film @ 7:45
+ post film discussion
In a Japan of the near future, government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
Conversation hosted by Dr. Brian Dowdle (Japanese)
Presentation @ 7:30
Film @ 7:45
+ post film discussion
Cast: Cheko Baisho, Hayato Isomura, Yumi Kawai
Director: Chie Hayakawa
Duration: 112 min
Released: 2022
Genre: Drama/Science Fiction
Original Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Subtitled
Country: Japan