Japanese Film 'The A-Care: Disusebody' Explores Eldercare and Aging Anxieties

A new bleak drama from Japan, 'The A-Care: Disusebody', explores the unsettling concept of amputation as a form of eldercare, reflecting the country's anxieties about its aging population.

15 May, 02:16 — 15 May, 02:16

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Japan’s aging anxieties fuel the disturbing logic of ‘The A-Care: Disusebody’

Amputation as eldercare makes for an unnerving premise, but Koki Yoshida's bleak drama is most effective in its quiet plausibility.

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Japanese Film 'The A-Care: Disusebody' Explores Eldercare and Aging Anxieties

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Japan’s aging anxieties fuel the disturbing logic of ‘The A-Care: Disusebody’

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