在日本的某家精神科醫院，78%的病患只能在過世後出院，且普遍存在虐待及非法約束......。
透過院內吹哨者，NHK取得了獨家監視畫面及錄音，並組成特別調查小組尋找人證及物證，揭示日本精神科醫院的長期問題。本片在社群上獲得超過900萬則留言，並引發地方當局的行動，使勇敢但脆弱的個體的聲音得以傳遞。
NHK obtained exclusive video and sound recordings of a Japanese psychiatric hospital from an inside whistleblower along with records on nearly 1,500 patients. What emerged was a picture of rampant patient abuse and use of illegal physical constraints — plus the fact that 78% of patients were only discharged when they died in the hospital. NHK also discovered that families, government agencies, and other psychiatric hospitals have come to depend on such hospitals, which serves as a place for patients who have nowhere else to go in today’s Japan. The investigative report uses extensive documentary evidence and interviews with sources including patients’ relatives to shed light on persistent problems at psychiatric hospitals in Japan......
青山浩平（Kohei Aoyama）於 2006 年加入 NHK，專門製作與社會福利相關的紀錄片，並在日本國內外獲得多項獎項。他的獲獎作品包括為 NHK 旗艦節目《NHK Special》拍攝的關於 2011 年東日本大地震和海嘯後醫療護理的紀錄片。還有一系列有關日本接受外國技術實習生制度問題的紀錄片。
Kohei Aoyama joined NHK in 2006. He specializes in making documentaries on issues related to social welfare and has won many awards in Japan and abroad. His award-winning work includes a documentary for “NHK Special” (a flagship slot) about medical care after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Also included is a series of documentaries about problems in Japan’s system for accepting foreign technical trainees.
持丸彰子（Akiko Mochimaru）於 2008 年加入日本朝日電視台，擔任新聞節目的記者和導演。當單身女性貧困問題在日本逐漸加劇時，導演在一個長期報導節目中，對性俱樂部作為最後社會安全網的現實進行了報導，並獲得了紐約電視與電影節的金獎。
Akiko Mochimaru joined TV Asahi in 2008 and worked on news programs as a reporter and director. At a time when poverty among single women was a growing social problem in Japan, a Mochimaru-directed program won a gold award at the New York Festivals TV and Film Awards for long-term coverage of the reality of sex club work as a last safety net.
