自杀：日本的隐性生活

主演导演：RichardAlwyn语言：英语/日语地区:英国编剧：类型：纪录片上映时间：2001-01-07(英国) 别名：用户标签：纪录片,日本,英国,BBC,2001,Documentary,紀錄片,熊仔俠翻譯的字幕片长：50分钟imdb编号：tt2203830Channel4's"SecretLifeofJapan"seriesconcludeswiththismovingdocumentary.Containingpersonalaccounts,thisfilmshowshowthestressandstrainoffailureatworkandtherecentrecessioninJapan,aredrivingincreasingnumbersofJapanesepeopletosuicide. 　　Inthepastseveralyears,muchhasbeenwrittenaboutsuicidesandtheirconnectiontohighunemploymentratesinJapan.Direstatisticsshowthatintheyearssince1998,Japan'ssuicidenumbershavetoppedthe30,000markannually.Thishasthegeneralpopulation,aswellashealthandsocialwelfarecriticsaroundtheworldtakingnotice. 　　NearthebaseofMountFujiisanunhappylittlespotcalledAokigaharaWoods,whichhappenstobeoneofthemostinfamousplacesinJapanforsuicidalpeopletodothemselvesin.Inrecentyearsthesewoodshavebeenknownbyamoretragicname,"SuicideForest".In2003,78middle-agedmenapparentlycommittedsuicideherebyhangingthemselvesfromtreebranches.Thisisanincreasefromtheformerrecordof73foundonsearchesbackin1998.Expertsciteunemployment,bankruptciesandothereconomicproblemsasmajorreasonsforthedeaths. 　　ThetotalnumberofJapanesesuicidesisroughlyequaltothatoftheentireUnitedStates,acountrythathasmorethantwiceJapan'spopulation.Toputthelatestdataincontext,intoday'sJapanoneisroughlyfivetimesaslikelytodiebyone'sownhandastobekilledinatrafficaccident. 　　Someculturalfactorsexacerbatetheproblem:lackofreligiousprohibitionagainstsuicide,reluctancetodiscussmentalhealthandstress-relatedproblems,aliterarytraditionthatromanticizessuicide,aviewofsuicideasanhonorableact,awayoftakingresponsibilityforfailure,amongotherissues.Thebreakdownoffamilyandsocialnetworksandtheincreasingisolationofindividualscontributetotheproblem.