Plan 75

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Plan 75

2023

1h 52m

Drama

Sci-Fi

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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. In Chie Hayakawa's remarkable and sensitive feature film debut, the lives of three ordinary citizens intersect in this new reality as they confront the crushing callousness of a world ready to dispose of those no longer deemed valuable. 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. A young Plan 75 salesman Himoru (Hayato Isomura) initially believes in the program's benefits and serves as the human face of the program. And Maria (Stephanie Arianne), a Filipino care worker living overseas, reluctantly accepts a position with PLAN 75 to send money home to her ailing daughter. On the surface, the plan and its hawkers exude a kindness that serves as the film's chilling vision of bureaucratic indifference and our increasing loss of interconnectedness. However, Hayakawa’s view is far from grim, as these characters soon learn to fully reckon with their own lives and what it truly means to live.

Critics Consensus

Sensitive and insightful, Plan 75 uses its sci-fi setting to explore our relationship with death -- and what it really means to live.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

09/18/2024

4/5

This is not dystopian sci-fi or horror, nor an anti-euthanasia screed...

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Sara Merican

Sight & Sound

12/08/2023

Hayakawa’s quietly realist treatment of the dystopian premise makes for haunting viewing.

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

12/08/2023

This is a muted, resigned story about the way that countries and corporations follow their own self-interests rather than helping those most in need. Plan 75 may seem like it’s about ageing, but more accurately it is about the importance of community.

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Codie Allen

Geek Vibes Nation

Aug 2

8/10

Plan 75 probably will not be for everyone, but those who appreciate masterful filmmaking and a well-crafted horror story will find plenty to love here.

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William Stottor

Loud and Clear Reviews

09/03/2024

3.5/5

Chie Hayakawa’s low-key, carefully considered dystopian drama Plan 75 might be about death, but it sings with a great appreciation for living.

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Jericho Tadeo

The Asian Cut

07/12/2024

8/10

Baishô is the film’s lighthouse: as Plan 75’s emotional waves come crashing down — because the film inevitably does reach a harrowing climax — we can’t help but look to her for hope.

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D P

@RT45936356 Aug 12

I had been planning to watch this for a long time, but I could not find it. The movie landed on Tubi, so I was able to watch it. Interesting subject matter, but I did consider it to be too slow for my taste. I don't mind a slow movie, but I am expecting a big payoff by the end. This just kept it tepid the whole way through. Great topic for the times we're living in, though.

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YK E

@RT49415028 03/04/2025

누구에게나 찾아올 노년의 삶과 죽음에 대한 실화. 누가 그들을 죽음으로 내몰고 있는지에 대한 고찰

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Steve C

@RT19610513 08/22/2024

Plan 75 is more restrictive than MAID in CA. At least you need to be at least 75. Anyone can ask to be served with MAID, if they want to die; even an able bodied man, living in government housing, signed up just for feeling hopeless that his life would improve. You want it America? No problem. If the marxist take over, this will be a reality. First they will introduce it as voluntary, then they will make it mandatory in the name of stopping climate change. Call it the modern version of the ChiComs' Cultural Revolution. Whether or not I am trolling is up to you.

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Tim G

@tmgreene22 01/11/2024

I think my mild disappointment was how the sci-fi element is really only a backdrop for which to explore aging/community/etc. It's really a small movie in that way, and well done. I had been hoping for something larger though, exploring what this would mean for a society as a whole.

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Andrew H H

@RT20067623 07/22/2023

I thought the approach a touch cold, although I suppose the subject matter/situation warranted this. Some smart little touches, that set it apart from the average. Not something I would watch again, but very accomplished.

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Sonja W

@scwolf 06/05/2023

This is a sensitive film with a story idea that is actually utterly plausible. The film does make you reflect on how society treats older people and how the young might develop a more compassionate perspective toward them.

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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. In Chie Hayakawa's remarkable and sensitive feature film debut, the lives of three ordinary citizens intersect in this new reality as they confront the crushing callousness of a world ready to dispose of those no longer deemed valuable. 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. A young Plan 75 salesman Himoru (Hayato Isomura) initially believes in the program's benefits and serves as the human face of the program. And Maria (Stephanie Arianne), a Filipino care worker living overseas, reluctantly accepts a position with PLAN 75 to send money home to her ailing daughter. On the surface, the plan and its hawkers exude a kindness that serves as the film's chilling vision of bureaucratic indifference and our increasing loss of interconnectedness. However, Hayakawa’s view is far from grim, as these characters soon learn to fully reckon with their own lives and what it truly means to live.

Director: Chie Hayakawa
Producer: Eiko Mizuno Gray, Jason Gray, Frédéric Corvez, Maéva Savinien
Screenwriter: Chie Hayakawa
Distributor: KimStim
Production Co: WOWOW, Dongyu Club, Urban Factory, Fusee, Loaded Films, Happinet-Phantom Studios
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 21, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)