Episode #41 – Suicide Club (自殺サークル)
Suicide Club (2001)
自殺サークル [Jisatsu Saakuru]
Written and Directed by Sion Sono
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it 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 he had hoped.
Cast
Ryo Ishibashi – Detective Kuroda
Masatoshi Nagase – Detective Shibusawa
Akaji Maro – Detective Murata
Hideo Sako – Detective Hagitani
Saya Hagiwara – Mitsuko
Rolly – Muneo “Genesis” Suzuki
Yôko Kamon – Kiyoko / The Bat
Suicide Club – Japan On Film
Sion Sono's controversial 2001 movie shocked right from its opening scene of over fifty schoolgirls jumping in front of a train. Perry and returning guest-host John Atom engage in a spirited debate about the different themes and how they think some things work and don't. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/japanonfilm/message
