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Movie poster: Bashing (2006)
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2006 · 82 min Drama
6.0 / 10 · TMDB

Yuko is a Japanese girl who was taken hostage in Iraq while volunteering there as an aid worker. Finally released and back in her hometown, Yuko finds herself ostracized as a national disgrace by society that sees her helping a country other than Japan, and the embarrassment of getting captured but not killed, as things of which to be brutally ashamed.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title バッシング
Year 2006
Country Japan
Genre Drama
Director Masahiro Kobayashi
Runtime 82 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.0/10 (11 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative with surgical precision, relying on long static shots and a muted palette to explore the mechanics of social violence. It examines how ostracism becomes a silent, collective punishment, more devastating than any physical captivity.

What lingers after viewing is the chilling resonance of its central question about complicity and the price of non-conformity in a rigid society. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Masahiro Kobayashi

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