Original Film Title: オーバードクター
English Film Title: Paper Dream
Directors Name: Koichi Izuhara
Writers Name:
Producers: Naoya Ootani
Country of Origin: Japan
Country of Filming: Japan
Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1 hour 47 seconds
Film Description: “Dreams can be a reason to live or a reason to die.”
The film depicts the harsh reality of part-time lecturers who are unable to find tenured posts to continue their research, tackling contemporary issues of the Japanese academic system such as the repayment of student loans, discriminatory low wages and mental exhaustion.
