Andreas HARTMANN アンドレアス・ハルトマン
Arata MORI 森あらた
Johatsu – Into Thin Air
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Nippon Docs ¾
Johatsu – “the evaporated” – is the term used in Japan to describe the thousands of people who voluntarily disappear without a trace every year to start a new life. Andreas HARTMANN and Arata MORI explore the question of what motivates people to leave their lives behind, accompanying those who take this step as well as the agencies that support them.
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Johatsu
Japan, Germany 2024
86 minutes
Director
Andreas HARTMANN, Arata MORI
Cinematography
Andreas HARTMANN
Music
Jana IRMERT, Mika TAKEHARA
Distribution
Real Fiction
About Andreas HARTMANN
アンドレアス・ハルトマン
Andreas HARTMANN, born in 1983, graduated from Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF with a degree in cinematography and went on to study under Professor Thomas ARSLAN at the Berlin University of the Arts. He shot his first feature-length documentary film, DAYS OF RAIN (2010), in Vietnam. He received an award at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival for A FREE MAN (2017 / NC ’18).
About Arata MORI
森あらた
Arata MORI, born in 1983, is a director, film editor, and artist. After graduating from the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, he shot his feature-length debut as a documentary filmmaker, A MILLION (2021).