JAPAN · 1996

Without Memory

Hirokazu Kore-eda
medical malpractice memory loss family resilience healthcare system neurological illness
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A father loses his short-term memory as a result of a botched medical procedure, which causes him to develop Wernicke's Encephalopathy. Kore-eda chronicles his family’s fight to receive proper treatment and benefits from this devastating malpractice.

Year1996
CountryJapan
DirectorHirokazu Kore-eda
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