(Please press 'CC' for English subtitles! I tried my very best, I'm sorry if they aren't 100% accurate, I welcome any amendments from native speakers, as I'm still learning.)
These are some of the very darkest, most depressing suicide prevention ads I've ever seen. It's no secret that Japan has a very high suicide rate, with a lot of pressure on it's young people to get into schools, a nearly universal problem with overworking - if some workers don't drop down dead from exertion (which has been reported to happen), for others, the pressure is too much psychologically and they resort to the most unfortunate consequence.
I've tried my best from VERY rudimentary knowledge of Japanese and some translation tools to deliver the jist of what is going on. The speaking parts are somewhat muddled for me, so if anyone can give a full translation, please let me know and I'll add it straight away.
The films are beautiful, if with an eerie stillness to them. Mental health is a thing that needs to be widely brought to the fore in all societies in the world - I don't live in Japan so I can't say what it's like over there for getting psychological help and how easy that is, but I imagine there's still a lot of stigma towards mental health conditions and suicide. Especially seeing as in one of these films, there is a grieving son who is saying how his mother died, and I believe he's saying she died of a heart attack, but the caption says 'In reality, it was suicide.' Man...
Please take care of yourselves out there. It's a very heavy time for the world and I would be remiss to not include some helpful resources in the text of this video in case you're feeling low. I'd perhaps recommend not to watch this if you're already on a low ebb.
UK: Samaritans - Call 116 123
Text SHOUT to 85258 to reach a trained Crisis Volunteer through Shout, the UK operation of Crisis Text Line, a global not-for-profit organisation. Free, 24/7, confidential.
USA:
Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States, anytime. Crisis Text Line is here for any crisis. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from our secure online platform.
Rest of the world:
www.therapyrou...
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