Dystonia
Dystonia
- Release Date
- May, 10th, 2014
- Running Time
- 100 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DVD,Blu-ray
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- Japanese (DVD,Blu-ray)
[ Directed by ]
[ Cast ]
[ Staff ]
- TANAKA Akira ── Cinematography
- SAKATA Yuko ── Cinematography
- KAWAHATA Yuki ── Editor
[ Story ]
Documentary about patients and doctors dealing with dystonia, a chronic neurological ailment in which muscles atrophy and patients lose the ability to control movement. Feature film debut for director Kawahata Yuki.
Sato Haruko serves as vice president for the NPO Dystonia Friends Association, and suffers from the disease herself. Concerned about her worsening condition, Sato decides to undergo a craniotomy procedure that is done while the patient is awake. The camera shows her preparing for surgery and the outcome that follows.
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