Ushiku

(2021)

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2021

Runtime: 84 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Ian Thomas Ash

Plot

The Ushiku immigration center near Tokyo mainly holds people seeking refuge in Japan. Using a hidden camera, award-winning filmmaker Thomas Ash interviewed inmates there from late 2019. His film publicly accuses Japan’s uncompromising refugee policy through one of the country's biggest human rights scandals. Ushiku has been making international headlines for years.