Activity: Last 10 WeeksHikikomori
There’s this phenomenon in Japan called hikikomori, where teens, mostly males, get depressed and stay in their bedrooms, sometimes for years at a time. I watched a BBC documentary on the subject, The Missing Million a few years back. I think it would make for an interesting film.
It so happens that one of my roommates is Japanese. One of her relatives is/was a hikikomori, so I am close to a source of reliable information. In any case, I can relate to the experience of being depressed by school. Do you know any hikikomori?
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on January 27th, 2006 at 17:59 Quote
It seems like an interesting character to feature in a short film. There have been a number of films already made on the theme, though (see imdb.com). Is the novelty past its prime? And if you were to translate the idea into an American setting, what would it look like?
on March 10th, 2007 at 09:02 Quote
Check out a short film called ‘i, Everyday’ on google Video
on March 10th, 2007 at 10:21 Quote
Nice one! Thanks, Yohan.
on July 22nd, 2007 at 11:05 Quote
Here’s another one I missed; it came out just two weeks before my original post: Shutting Themselves In by Maggie Jones.