Suicide Club (film)
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Japanese promotional poster
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| Directed by | Sion Sono |
| Produced by | Seiya Kawamata Junichi Tanaka Toshiie Tomida Seiji Yoshida |
| Written by | Sion Sono |
| Starring |
Ryô Ishibashi Masatoshi Nagase Akaji Maro |
| Music by | Tomoki Hasegawa |
| Cinematography | Kazuto Sato |
| Edited by | Akihiro Oonaga |
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Production
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Omega Project
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| Distributed by |
Earthrise (Japan) TLA Releasing |
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Running time
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99 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | $250,000 |
Suicide Club, known in Japan as Suicide Circle (自殺サークル Jisatsu Sākuru?) is a 2001 Japanese independent horror film written and directed by Sion Sono. The film explores a wave of seemingly unconnected suicides that strikes Japan and the efforts of the police to determine the reasons behind the strange behavior.
Suicide Club gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its controversial subject matter and gory presentation. It has developed a significant cult following, and won the Jury Prize for "Most Ground-Breaking Film" at the Fantasia Film Festival.
The film takes place over six days, with footage from a fictional pop group "Dessart" opening the movie and closing during the credits.
In Tokyo on May 27, 54 teenage schoolgirls commit mass suicide by throwing themselves in front of an oncoming train. Shortly after, at a hospital, two nurses commit suicide by jumping out of a window. At both locations rolls of flesh are found, with the missing skin matching removed flesh on corpses. Three detectives — Kuroda (Ryô Ishibashi), Shibusawa (Masatoshi Nagase), and Murata (Akaji Maro) — are notified by a hacker named Kiyoko (Yoko Kamon) of a link between the suicides and a website that shows the number of suicides as red and white circles.
On May 28, at a high school, a group of students jump off the roof during a lunch break, sending the city in search of a "Suicide Club".
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