Plan 75

• Chieko Baisho as Mishi Kakutani
• Hayato Isomura as Himoru Okabe
• Stefanie Arianne as Maria
• Yuumi Kawai as Yoko Narimiya
• Takao Taka [ja] as Yukio Okabe
• Ohkata Hisako [ja] as Ineko
• Kazuyoshi Kushida [ja] as Fujimaru
• Yusaku Mori [ja]
• Yoko Yano [jp] as Mishi's co-worker
• Mari Nakayama [ja] as Mishi's co-worker

The film premiered at the Un Certain Regard section of the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2022.^[1] The film also won the Special Mention award in the Caméra d'Or competition.^[2] The film was released in Japan on 17 June.^[3] The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.^[4]

Film distributor TBA Studios had acquired the theatrical distribution rights film in the Philippines, one of the co-producing countries for this film.^[5]

Diego Semerene of Slant Magazine rated the film 3 stars out of 4 and wrote that "With stinging precision, Hayakawa Chie reveals a culture that seems almost mobilized to destroy its own soul."^[6] Stephanie Bunbury of Deadline Hollywood wrote that "Stylistically, it looks a bit like a training film. What this means – the brilliance of this film – is that Hayakawa is able to make the idea of wiping out a generation seem drably normal within about quarter of an hour, something to ponder in itself."^[7] Tim Grierson of Screen Daily wrote that the film "may seem like it’s about ageing, but more accurately it is about the importance of community".^[8]

James Hadfield of The Japan Times rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote that "as the film progresses, a sense of numb resignation sets in. But Hayakawa refuses to end on a resolutely downbeat note — and in its haunting closing shot, “Plan 75” achieves something close to an epiphany."^[9] Clarence Tsui of the South China Morning Post also rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote that "throughout the film, Hayakawa implies rather than explains, and this tactfulness instils Plan 75 with the power one expects of a bitter denunciation for our troubling times."^[10] Jaden S. Thompson of The Harvard Crimson also rated the film 4 stars out of 5, writing that it "upholds the inherent value of human life with its introspective writing and performances."^[11]

• List of submissions to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

• Plan 75 at IMDb
• Plan 75 at Rotten Tomatoes
• When 75 is time do die (article with a brief plot summary in the Guardian)