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In a near dystopian future, Japan's government launches PLAN 75, a program encouraging the elderly to terminate their own lives to relieve its rapidly aging population's social and economic burdens. In Chie Hayakawa's remarkable and sensitive feature film debut, the lives of three ordinary citizens intersect in this new reality as they confront the crushing callousness of a world ready to dispose of those no longer deemed valuable. Legendary Japanese actress Chieko Baishō stars as a 78-year-old Michi who considers signing up for the program after losing her meager but fulfilling hotel job and the means to live independently. A young Plan 75 salesman Himoru (Hayato Isomura), initially believes in the program's benefits and serves as the human face of the program. And Maria (Stephanie Arianne), a Filipino care worker living overseas, reluctantly accepts a position with PLAN 75 to send money home to her ailing daughter. On the surface, the plan and its hawkers exude a kindness that serves as the film's chilling vision of bureaucratic indifference and our increasing loss of interconnectedness. However, Hayakawa's view is far from grim, as these characters soon learn to fully reckon with their own lives and what it truly means to live.

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Bonus Materials

• Incdues filmmaker Chie Hayakawa’s short film: Niagara (2013)

Sales Points

• Japan's entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
• 2022 Cannes Film Festival Winner Golden Camera - Special Mention Chie Hayakawa
• Stars the legendary Japanese actress Chieko Baisho (Howl's Moving Castle)
• Theatrically Released
• Murakami-esque dystopian sci-fi For fans of Logan's Run, Silent Running, The Handmaid's Tale, and Drive My Car
• Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 93% Tomatometer score

Press Quotes

'It's really quite extraordinary... A first-rate debut.'

     —Peter Rainer, Filmweek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

'Haunting Japanese Heartbreaker Imagines a Dystopia That Could Start Any Day Now.'

     —David Ehrlich, Indiewire

'In this quietly bold debut feature, the Japanese government offers a euthanasia program and a 78-year-old woman considers her future.'

     —Nicolas Rapold, New York TImes

'Plan 75' asks its viewers is, 'What makes a life worth living?' It's a question answered in poignant scenes... a thoughtful and gently dystopian feature debut

     —Roger Ebert.com