Bashing (2005) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2005 · 82 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Masahiro Kobayashi

Starring

Fusako Urabe, Teruyuki Kagawa, Nene Otsuka, Kikujirō Honda, Ryuzo Tanaka, Takayuki Katô

Yuko, a Japanese aid worker, is abducted in Iraq while volunteering. After her release and return to her hometown, she is met not with hero’s welcome but with scorn. Japanese society brands her a national disgrace for having aided a foreign nation and for surviving captivity, leaving her isolated and ashamed, despite her humanitarian intentions.