Jisatsu sâkuru (2001) 6.6
A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides. Director:Shion SonoWriter:Shion Sono |
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Jisatsu sâkuru (2001) 6.6
A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides. Director:Shion SonoWriter:Shion Sono |
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Ryo Ishibashi | ... |
Detective Toshiharu Kuroda
(as Ryô Ishibashi)
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Masatoshi Nagase | ... | ||
Mai Hosho | ... |
Nurse Atsuko Sawada
(as Mai Hôshô)
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Tamao Satô | ... | ||
Takashi Nomura | ... |
Security Guard Jirô
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Rolly | ... |
Muneo 'Genesis' Suzuki
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Joshua | ... |
Slave Boy
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Masato Tsujioka | ... |
Genesis' Gang
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Kôsuke Hamamoto | ... |
Genesis' Gang
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Kei Nagase | ... |
Genesis' Gang
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Yôko Kamon | ... |
'The Bat' Kiyoko
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Maiko Mori | ... |
Kiyoko's Sister
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Sayako Hagiwara | ... |
Mitsuko
(as Saya Hagiwara)
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Takatoshi Kaneko | ... |
H.S. Boy on the Roof
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Mika Miyakawa | ... |
H.S. Girl on the Roof
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54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train. This appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as one could hope. Written by Anonymous
To me, the best comments I have seen about this movie are those that say something like, "You're not supposed to understand." Like a roller coaster, it takes you through some shocking and scary stuff and leaves you back where you started with a queasy feeling in your stomach and the desire to ride it again.
Like modern art, different viewers will interpret Suicide Club differently. If you are not imaginative, or if you are closed-minded (some people just are -- there isn't anything wrong with that), simply avoid it. But if you like to be mentally challenged and left not knowing all the answers sometimes, then you'll really like this movie if that's what you're in the mood for.
I'd like to hear more about what other people think Dessart represents. The movie did not ridicule the girl group (average age 12.5); on the contrary, it assigned to them some kind of sinister power. Sure, the easy answer is that, as a pop group, they represent conformity and mob mentality. I think, though, that they might also represent the power of youth, not only over the young, but over adults as well. Were we supposed to like their songs, or not? Their positive, upbeat songs stood like sunny little islands in a hurricane-ravaged sea. I liked them.