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Faced with a rapidly aging population, a Japanese government in the near future rolls out an unsettling agenda.

With a nod to the fabled Japanese practice of oyasute, which itself was rooted in Buddhist teachings, the film conjures a mythical modern Japan where an aging society has devised a plan to re-balance itself economically by informing its citizens older than seventy-five of the option of euthanasia. A 78-year-old woman faces the question of whether she should carry on or seemingly serve her society through self-sacrifice.—aghaemi

With the largest population over the age of 75 and still growing, Japan implements a program to encourage its elderly citizens to make way for the younger generation. Plan 75 offers a stipend and support services for citizens of 75 years of age to choose assisted euthanasia. Plan 75 focuses on Michi (Chieko Baisho), a healthy 78-year-old, who finds herself financially struggling and wondering about her future. All around her Plan 75 advertises an option to "cash in and cash out" of her increasingly bleak situation. Will she choose Plan 75?—KS at ClassicCoupleAcademy.com