My So Has Got Depression (2011)

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• Movie: My So Has Got Depression
• Romaji: Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite
• Japanese: ツレがうつになりまして。

• Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe
• Writer: Tenten Hosokawa (manga), Takeshi Aoshima
• Producer: Mitsuru Kurosawa, Naoya Kinoshita, Hirohumi Shigemura, Takashi Hirajo, Hideyuki Hukuhara, Tadayoshi Kubota, Tatsuya Kunimatsu, Masaaki Usui
• Cinematographer: Takeshi Hamada
• Release Date: October 8, 2011
• Runtime: 121 min.
• Genre: Drama / Mental-Illness / Award Winning
• Distributor: Toei
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Mikio (Masato Sakai) is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio’s wife is Haruko (Aoi Miyazaki). They have been married for 5 years. Haruko draws comics for work, but they do not sell well. She mainly relied on Mikio for support. Meanwhile, Haruko did not notice any changes in her husband. She begins to blame herself for not noticing any signs. Mikio’s depression derived from his work. His company has been pressing him to quit the company. After Mikio quits his job his condition improves, but the dynamics of their relationship changes.