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Through the interwoven stories of Japan’s waste workers and packaging artisans, we journey into the country’s world of trash and care for materials. From the city’s character-clad garbage trucks and towering incinerators to the serene studios of countryside artisans, the film paints a portrait of a nation caught between the wisdom of its past and its culture of excess. It shows how Japan’s devotion to wrapping — once a gesture of respect and refinement — has spiraled into an addiction to disposability. Both meditative and urgent, PLASTIC LOVE! asks what we choose to throw away, what we preserve, and what it will take to save us from a plastic-wrapped future…

PLASTIC LOVE!
Unwrapping Japan’s Toxic Affair With Plastic

Documentary Film
Length: 90min
Original Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Japanese, English