Plan 75 (2023)
91%RT Audience Score: 88%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Plan 75 is a cinematic masterpiece that delves into the complexities of a society that has lost its empathy and soul. Hayakawa Chie’s stinging precision in revealing the culture’s self-destructive tendencies is both poignant and thought-provoking. The film’s delicate whisper of a drama gradually accumulates into a palpable and lingering rage at how we have become experts at branding cruelty as compassion. The well-acted and structured journey towards oblivion retains a glimmer of hope thanks to the characters caught within. Plan 75 is a must-see for anyone who wants to understand the societal strains of an aging population and the importance of empathy in a dystopian world.
Plan 75 is a movie that will make you feel all the emotions. From creeping despair to lingering rage, this film has it all. But don’t worry, it’s not all doom and gloom. There’s a glimmer of hope thanks to the well-acted and structured characters caught within. Plus, the film is full of sharp little observations that tell us about the society and the experience of people living in it. So, grab some popcorn and get ready for a mildly engaging, understated, and poetic journey towards oblivion.
Production Company(ies)
Foreign Language, Social, Topical
Distributor
KimStim
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
NR
Year of Release
2023
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:1h 52m
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Language(s):Japanese, Tagalog/ Filipino
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Country of origin:Japan, France, Qatar, The Philippines
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 21, 2023 Limited
Genre(s)
Drama/Sci-fi
Keyword(s)
Plan 75, Drama, Sci-fi, Japanese, Chie Hayakawa, Eiko Mizuno Gray, Jason Gray, Frédéric Corvez, Maéva Savinien, Chieko Baishô, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne, Yumi Kawai, Taka Takao, Hisako Okata, KimStim, WOWOW, Dongyu Club, Urban Factory, Fusee, Loaded Films, Happinet-Phantom Studios, Digital 5.1, Flat (1.85:1), elderly, death, dystopian future, Japan, Michi, Himoru, Maria, Filipino care worker, aging population, social and economic burdens, bureaucratic indifference, interconnectedness, pandemic-era cinema, generational rifts, emotional manipulation, societal strains, loss of empathy, well-acted, structured journey, glimmer of hope, sharp observations, overflowing empathy, sensitive, insightful, reviewed by Nicolas Rapold, David Ehrlich, Namrata Joshi, Peter Debruge, Diego Semerene, Morris Yang, Rory O’Connor, Jared Mobarak, Avi Offer, Jennie Kermode, Diego Batlle, produced by Eiko Mizuno Gray, Jason Gray, Frédéric Corvez, Maéva Savinien, directed by Chie Hayakawa, written by Chie Hayakawa, starring Chieko Baishô, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne, Yumi Kawai, Taka Takao, Hisako Okata, reviewed by New York Times, indieWire, The New Indian Express, Variety, Slant Magazine, In Review Online, The Film Stage, Hey, Have You Seen …, NYC Movie Guru, Eye for Film, La Estatuilla, box office performance, budget, MPAA rating
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $5,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $5,000,000
Production budget ranking: 1,858
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $2,692,500
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Hayato Isomura – Himoru Okabe
Stefanie Arianne – Maria
Yumi Kawai – Yoko Narimiya
Taka Takao – Yukio Okabe
Hisako Okata – Inako Maki
Director – Chie Hayakawa
Producers – Eiko Mizuno Gray, Jason Gray, Frédéric Corvez, Maéva Savinien
Writer – Chie Hayakawa
Director(s)
Chie Hayakawa
Writer(s)
Chie Hayakawa
Producer(s)
Eiko Mizuno Gray, Jason Gray, Frédéric Corvez, Maéva Savinien
Film Festivals
Cannes, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (22) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (1)
Baisho gets across the creeping despair that morbidity and the loss of community can create — a sensation that lets “Plan 75” double as a consummate entry in pandemic-era cinema.
April 20, 2023
Nicolas Rapold
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
This is an ultra-delicate whisper of a drama… And yet the anger that fringes such bittersweet moments gradually accumulates into a palpable and lingering rage at how good we’ve become at branding cruelty as compassion.
April 19, 2023 | Rating: B+
David Ehrlich
indieWire
TOP CRITIC
I admire Plan 75 for how it is strikingly- poised on contradictions. A film about generational rifts gradually becomes all about a conversation between the young and the old.
January 13, 2023
Namrata Joshi
The New Indian Express
TOP CRITIC
“Plan 75” might have been a risible exercise in emotional manipulation if not for the sensitive tone with which Hiyakawa approaches all of her characters.
October 14, 2022
Peter Debruge
Variety
TOP CRITIC
With stinging precision, Hayakawa Chie reveals a culture that seems almost mobilized to destroy its own soul.
May 22, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Diego Semerene
Slant Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Plan 75 marks its relevance with a masterful and well-calibrated narrative of the individuals that live and persist within, and often despite, the workings of dystopia.
April 21, 2023
Morris Yang
In Review Online
In Plan 75, Japan suffers two existential crises: the very real economic and societal strains of its aging population and, worse yet, a severe loss of empathy.
April 21, 2023 | Rating: B
Rory O’Connor
The Film Stage
The result is a well-acted and structured journey towards oblivion that retains a glimmer of hope thanks to characters caught within. [Its] criticism and commentary are objectively drawn to both question the idea’s legitimacy and execution.
April 21, 2023 | Rating: 8/10
Jared Mobarak
Hey, Have You Seen …?
Mildly engaging, understated and poetic.
April 18, 2023
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru
The film is full of sharp little observations, made in passing, which tell us about this society and the experience of people living it.
March 10, 2023 | Rating: 4.5/5
Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film
Despite not all stories having the same depth, findings, and intrigue, Plan 75 is a very good film as a whole. [Full review in Spanish]
December 30, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Diego Batlle
Otroscines.com
A film that overflows with empathy towards the elderly… [Full Review in Spanish]
December 16, 2022
Ricardo Gallegos
La Estatuilla…
Plot
In a near dystopian future, Japan’s government launches PLAN 75, a program encouraging the elderly to terminate their own lives to relieve its rapidly aging population’s social and economic burdens, and three ordinary citizens confront the crushing callousness of a world ready to dispose of those no longer deemed valuable.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels mentions that legendary Japanese actress Chieko Baishō stars as a 78-year-old Michi who considers signing up for the program after losing her meager but fulfilling hotel job and the means to live independently.
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