Hikikomori Forum

• Hikikomori. A hand-drawn animation from Thailand, hypnotic and moving. (MV)
• Hikikomori. An animation from Jonathon Harris, terrific visual style. (Music, SFX)
• Hikikomori. A rough for a student animation (UK). (No sound)
• [url=/anime-manga-f8/welcome-to-n-h-k-t61.html]Welcome to the NHK[/url]. Links to thread. (Japanese, subs and dubs in various languages)
• Chäos;HEAd. Main character is reclusive, paranoiac. Suggested by BHSAK. (Japanese, English sub)

• Hikikomori - Think Again Awards 2008. A short student film discussing student and teacher views of hikikomori in a Hong Kong school (English)
• Shut In: Japan Below the Surface. A documentary on the hikikomori condition. (English)
• A Day in the Life of a Hikikomori (Short Version). A day in the life of an extreme hikikomori. (Music, SFX)
• Hikikomori. A documentary from Francesco Jodice and Kal Karman. The filmmakers seem to have some confusion with otaku, freeters, NEETs, and homeless. (Japanese, English subtitles) | Part II | Part III
• Segment on Hikikomori and New Start. Bridget Maasland segment on the New Start program working to reintegrate hiki into society. Originally subbed by Anon on /hikki/. (Dutch, Japanese, English, English Subtitles) | Part II
• Hikikomori - Recluso social. Another documentary on hiki. (Spanish) |Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V
• The Missing Million. A BBC production from 2002 on hikikomori. Media in sidebar. (English)
• Hikikomori. Biography and profile of a hiki in his late 30’s. (Japanese, no subs) | Part II | Part III | Part IV
• 川西淳・主演ドキュメンタリー映画「ひきこもり青年」 Portrait, brief interview with hiki (Japanese)
• Avoidant Personality Disorder. Woman explains how APD has affected her life. (English)
• Some of the Stages of Social Anxiety. A young woman explains stages she has identified in her anxiety reactions and how she copes. (English)
• Avoidant Personality Disorder. A series of videos from UCSI about APD variants. (Malaysian, English subtitles) | Part B | Part C
• Avoidant.. A brief portrait of the effects of APD (English)
• BBC Cram School Hikikomori.. From a BBC report, video downloads. (English) |Part II

• The Generation of Hikikomori. From “The Last Generation”. A Singaporean docudrama about a high school girl who has withdrawn from family and friends. (?, English Subs) | Part II (Corrected, thanks Foolness!)
• Cat Street. Fictional account of a young woman gradually leaving her hikikomori behaviours behind. By the author of Boys Over Flowers. Solid production, but too short at 6 eps. (Japanese, English subs)

• Loner. Aka Hikikomori or Orphaned. 2008 Korean horror film dealing with girl who withdraws after her friend's suicide (anyone watched this yet?). (Korean, English Subs available)
• Boku Ima wa. Aka Now I…. Shot in documentary fashion, follows life of a fictional 20-year old NEET with hikikomori tendencies Read [url=general-discussion-f7/now-i-ima-boku-wa-p-hikikimori-neet-movie-review-t222.html?hilit=ima%20wa%20boku]Foolness’ quick review[/url]. Thanks to boxcuttergrrl on AnonIB. (Japanese, English subs)
• Tamago. Aka The Quiet One. Short film (30 min) from 2004, considered an effective portrayal of a hiki; cannot locate, link to imdb. (Japanese, English subs)[/color]
• Hikikomori: Tokyo Plastic. A young female hacker is targeted by a notorious psychopathic hikikomori. Hoo-boy. 2004. (Japanese, English Subs)[/color]
• Left Handed. Portrait of a hikikomori.
• Shaking Tokyo AKA Tokyo!. Three vignettes about Tokyo life, one of which concerns a hiki.
• NEW Tobira no Muko AKA Left Handed. 2009. Hiroshi, a disaffected teenage boy, is struggling at school and one day shuts himself away in his bedroom. For the next two years he refuses to come out or let anyone else in. Hiroshi’s parents are so ashamed by what has happened that they attempt to conceal his condition from friends and family. Inevitably, the household disintegrates. (Japanese, English Subs)

• The Attic.. A play by Yoji Sakate exploring the condition, staged in 2007. Link to Village Voice article. (English)

• Improving Eye Contact Video. This is a low-res example of a series (still effective!). The company's website (thanks to Link and AnonIB member boxcuttergrrl for posting about these)
• Social Anxiety Disorder. A slideshow made by someone with SAD explaining their feelings (Music)
• Hypnotheraphy Recordings. A series of recordings purporting to use hypnotherapy to treat hikikomori / social anxiety disorder (English). Caveat emptor.

Foolness on AnonIB wrote:"boxcuttergrrl# posts"
>>2554"boxcuttergrrl# posts"
>>2554

Ok, I just rushed the video because it was boring and soul less which from my experience with Japanese shows can be dry and unfulfilling.

I say soul less because there's no context to what the person is feeling which is 50% of what Hikikomoris represent in my opinion.

You're just painted this picture of a guy who's already a Hikikomori so stuff like when the main character acts weird towards a classmate who says they've already graduated, it just seems hollow because you're not sure of the history behind the scene.

I will say that if you're in this for a new perspective of Hikikomoris, I wouldn't recommend it. If you're in this to see the uncomfort that comes with being a Hikikomori, I still wouldn't recommend it. (more on that below) I would say it really depends on whether you approach this for accuracy or treat it as a dull movie with some ups. The ups being only major ups if you've never experienced the scenes before. (You should get an idea both from the synopsis and the first 10 min. of the film although they do not contain the climax)

I will say this though. Since I've experienced most of the scenes in this movie PRIOR to being a hikikomori, I'm personally biased against assuming this is a hikikomori movie and I'm actually inclined to think this is a NEET movie. Also many of the scenes were just off for me by alot. Things like the climax and the ending seem under-represented while things like the early scenes seems to be over-represented. Of course this movie isn't about me though but still they're just so noticeably different in degree if you ever experienced these things that this movie could very well be on the level of most movies. Highly inaccurate but may be trying to play with your emotional strings...except when I treat it as that, it just becomes a dull Japanese movie since it entirely hinges on the viewer being weirded out and shocked by the scenes on the level of an amateur artsy fartsy film. (Note that even if you rush the movie, you really shouldn't have any trouble in connecting the scenes that happened and won't be spoiled unless you've never been treated like this.)

Foolness wrote:I also felt I was overburdened as it was, so although this sounds like an excuse, I didn't want to pressure myself in writing the reply until I've actually done it.