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201286 minPGdocumentary

Mental Health Life Stories

Nowhere to Go

201286 minPGdocumentary

Hisato Yoshimura, a young street musician in Tokyo's Shibuya ward, faces the challenges of schizophrenia and returns to her family home after initial success.

Mental Health Life Stories

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Ryuichi Shimada

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Hisato Yoshimura, a young street musician in Tokyo's Shibuya ward, faces the challenges of schizophrenia and returns to her family home after initial success.

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NOWHERE TO GO is the portrait of Hisato YOSHIMURA, a young musician on the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya ward. What could have moved this young woman to be a street performer, what are her dreams? After initial success, Hisato is diagnosed with schizophrenia and has to return to her family home. 8 years later, the film crew decides to meet her again.

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