What Should We Have Done?

What Should We Have Done?

藤野知明FUJINO Tomoaki
2023
  • Japan
102min
B&W, Colour
  • DCP
Int'l Premiere G

What Should We Have Done?

Synopsis

A 24-year-old medical student, showing signs of schizophrenia, goes untreated due to family denial. Her brother, eight years younger, questions but remains silent. Years later, he records family interactions, revealing his sister's deteriorating condition. Finally, after 25 years, treatment begins. Despite progress, she succumbs to lung cancer in 2021, leaving unanswered questions for her family.  

'My sister was smart, good at drawing, and had great potential. I believe that schizophrenia is not a mental illness but a brain illness, and there is no need to be ashamed or hide it. However, I could not understand the actions of my parents, who could be considered experts. I now know what it's like to feel really troubled because you don't have anyone to talk to. I started recording the facts because they disappeared. It's a boring video that looks like a home video, but I made it because I wanted to help prevent the same thing from happening again.' - FUJINO Tomoaki

Festivals & Awards
2023 Yamagata IDFF
Director's Profile
FUJINO Tomoaki

Born in 1966 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Fujino graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, and from the Department of Sound Recording, Japan Institute of the Moving Image. He participated in the Yamagata Documentary Dojo 4 in 2022.

Filmography
2017 Ancestral Repatriation 85 Years Later: The Human Remains of Ainu Return to Kineusu Kotan.
2019 Get back - Captured Ainu Remains
2020 Kamuycep - Salmon Fishing and Indigenous Rights
2021 Ainupuri Burial, 2019, Toepetsu-kotan
2023 What Should We Have Done?
Credit
Producer|ASANO Yumiko
Cinematographer/Editor|FUJINO Tomoaki, ASANO Yumiko
Print Source
Moving Images Studio ZOU-SHIMA|FUJINO Tomoaki|toriotoko2002@gmail.com

Schedule

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