Francesco Jodice’s documentary explores some aspects of the Japanese youth’s social behaviors namely the two phenomena known as “otaku”: geek, nerd, enthusiast, and “hikikomori”: someone who is completely locked up in their shell. Some statistics claim there are about one million hikikomori in Japan. These young people choose voluntary reclusion pursuing the complete annihilation of communication and relationships, for long periods of time they don’t leave their room turning to virtual games and manga as a source of joy.
A superb article was published on this topic in the New York Times by Maggie Jones titled Shutting Themselves In. You can read it here.
Excerpt from the excellent book ‘Shutting Out the Sun’ by Michael Zielenziger here.
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