Andreas Hartmann and Arata Mori
Johatsu - Into Thin Air
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Johatsu - Into Thin Air

Johatsu - Into Thin Air

Andreas Hartmann and Arata Mori

2024
85 min.
Germany and Japan
Japanese
Subtitles: Catalan and English

In Japan, “night moving” companies help people disappear from their current lives leaving it all behind to start afresh in a new place

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Direction
Andreas Hartmann and Arata Mori
Production
Ossa Film
Synopsis

Every year, thousands of people disappear without a trace in Japan. Known as the Johatsu, or "the evaporated," they abandon their lives for various reasons: a problematic relationship, mounting debts, or mafia threats. Some receive support from the so-called "night moving" companies that help people disappear and start a new life elsewhere, forming an entire industry in Japan. Their job is to discreetly rescue clients from unwanted situations, move their belongings, provide accommodation, and even jobs in secret locations. Johatsu follows the individual stories of some of these people who intentionally wish to disappear from their former identities.

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Andreas Hartmann

Andreas Hartmann

Filmmaker

Andreas Hartmann is a Berlin-based filmmaker and producer. He graduated from the HFF Konrad Wolf in...

Arata Mori

Arata Mori

Filmmaker

Arata Mori is a Japanese film director and artist, based in Berlin and Tokyo, graduate of the Fine A...

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2024
Thessaloniki Film Festival
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Andreas Hartmann and Arata Mori
Johatsu - Into Thin Air
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