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Disregarded People
Movie

Disregarded People

2013 • Unknown

Woke Score
3
out of 10

Plot

Young man, Yusuke Mamiana, fed up with his life meats a unattractive ugly girl, Kyoko, at his hometown. Out of his impulsive desire, he had a relationship by nearly raping her. They started to live together and gradually feel 'Family' attachment in each other. As time passes, Yusuke starts to think more about 'Happiness' of his family and himself.

Overall Series Review

Disregarded People (Sutegataki Hitobito) is a dark, gritty Japanese drama about human depravity, alienation, and a deeply flawed attempt at forming a traditional family. The film centers on Yusuke Mamiana, a middle-aged social outcast who is ugly, jobless, and obsessed with primal desires, and Kyoko Okabe, a woman with a facial birthmark and severe social complex. Their relationship begins with an act of near-sexual violence. The narrative tracks their subsequent domestic life, the birth of their unexpected child, and their struggle to define 'happiness' within a dysfunctional family unit. The film's focus is on existential despair and the primal nature of human connection and survival rather than contemporary social justice themes. It critiques personal failure and social rejection within a small-town setting. The tone is uncompromising, grim, and focused on the human condition outside of any political or ideological lens.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The movie operates entirely outside the Western frame of identity politics; the protagonists are outcasts due to individual factors like lack of money, unemployment, being 'ugly,' and having a birthmark, which is a commentary on class and personal merit/demerit in society. It does not engage with racial intersectionality, historical 'race-swapping,' or the vilification of 'whiteness.'

Oikophobia2/10

The film criticizes the local Japanese society for its disdain toward the outcasts and critiques the protagonist's family that abandoned him, but this is a critique of personal and local social failings. It is not an attack on 'Western civilization,' its institutions, or its ancestors, which is the focus of the 10/10 definition. The story is contained within its national context.

Feminism6/10

The score is elevated by the strong presence of the male lead, Yusuke, who is portrayed as a toxic, aggressive, and primal man whose relationship with the female lead, Kyoko, begins with sexual violence, nearly rape. This vilifies the masculine figure. However, the female lead is not a 'Girl Boss' or 'Mary Sue,' as she has a severe social complex and accepts the relationship out of a sense of being 'treated as a woman' at all. The central development of the plot is the formation of a 'Family' with an unexpected child, which runs directly counter to the 'Anti-Natalism' and 'motherhood is a prison' themes.

LGBTQ+1/10

The narrative is centered entirely on a conventional male-female pairing that results in a biological child and the establishment of a nuclear family structure, albeit an extremely dysfunctional one. There is no presence of alternative sexualities, gender ideology, or a political deconstruction of the nuclear family.

Anti-Theism3/10

The film's themes are philosophical, focusing on the main character's desire to find a reason to live, the meaning of 'Happiness,' and whether it is 'guilt to follow our desires.' The morality is entirely secular and subjective, constituting a 'spiritual vacuum.' However, it does not display active hostility toward a specific traditional religion like Christianity, which keeps the score low.