| Suicide Club | |
|---|---|
 US DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Sion Sono |
| Produced by | Masaya Kawamata Junichi Tanaka Toshiie Tomida Seiji Yoshida |
| Written by | Sion Sono |
| Music by | Tomoki Hasegawa |
| Cinematography | Kazuto Sato |
| Editing by | Masahiro Onaga |
| Distributed by | Earthrise |
| Released | March 9, 2002 |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Budget | $250,000 USD (estimated) |
| Followed by | Noriko's Dinner Table |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| JMDb profile | |
| Trailer | |
Suicide Club (自殺サークル Jisatsu saakuru, Also known as Suicide Circle) is a 2002 Japanese film written and directed by Sion Sono.
Plot[]
After 54 seemingly happy giggling schoolgirls commit group suicide by throwing themselves in front of a subway car, a wave of inexplicable suicides sweep across Tokyo leaving police baffled. Detectives catch wind of a strange website which is tracking the suicides before they occur, and soon lead Detective Kuroda finds his own family has been influenced in some way.
Cast[]
- Ryo Ishibashi ... Detective Kuroda
- Akaji Maro ... Detective Murata
- Masatoshi Nagase ... Detective Shibusawa
- Saya Hagiwara ... Mitsuko
- Hideo Sako ... Detective Hagitani
- Takashi Nomura ... Security Guard Jiro Suzuki
- Tamao Sato ... Nurse Yoko Kawaguchi
- Mai Hosho ... Nurse Sawada
- Yoko Kamon ... Koomori (The Bat)
- Rolly ... Genesis
- Masato Tsujioka ... Genesis' Gang
- Kimiko Yo ... Kiyomi Kuroda
- Tomoe Adachi ... Dessert
- Madoka Arai ... Genesis' Victim, girl in sack
- Kyoko Baba ... H.S. Girl on the Roof
- Hiromi Eguchi ... H.S. Girl on the Roof
- Saon Fujita ... Dessert
- Yasusuke Hamamoto ... Genesis' Gang
- Seiko Hashimoto ... H.S. Girl on the Roof
- Harina Hata ... H.S. Girl on the Roof
- Taihei Hayashiya ... Rakugo Storyteller
- Asami Hidaka ... Theatre Troupe
- Kanako Hiramatsu ... Mother Slicing Vegetables
- Satomi Hisanaga ... H.S. Girl on the Roof
- Noriko Isami ... Girl With Sign
- Joshua ... Genesis' Henchman
- Takatoshi Kaneko ... H.S. Boy on the Roof
- Ryuji Kasahara
- Mika Kikuchi ... Sakura Kuroda
- Toshiyuki Kitami ... Shinakawa
- Tomoka Kumagai ... Dessert
- Mitsuru Kuramoto
- Himeno Maeda ... Boy
- Toyotomi Maeda ... Girl
- Hajime Matsumoto ... Toru Kuroda, His Son
- Haruna Matsuoka ... Theatre Troupe
- Nobuyuki Mihara ... H.S. Boy on the Roof
- Chieko Misaka ... Theatre Troupe
- Mika Miyagawa ... H.S. Girl on the Roof
- Maiko Mori ... Koomori's Sister
- Tatsuo Moriyasu ... Komori's Father
- Kei Nagase ... Genesis' Gang
- Nahana ... H.S. Girl on the Roof
- Yuna Natsuo ... Girl By the Stove
- Midori Niie ... Policewoman
- Atsushi Numata ... Comedian
- Yuhei Okabe ... Son
- Taiju Okayasu ... Police
- Takamitsu Okubo ... Father
- Kikuko Sakurai
- Miyu Sawada ... Dessert
- Kazumi Sekine ... Dessert
- Noriyoshi Shioya ... Masa (Mitsuko's Boyfriend)
- Erika Tajima ... Policewoman
- Kazumi Takahashi ... Masa's Mother
- Kei Tanaka ... H.S. Boy on the Roof
- Kenjiro Tsuda ... Mita
- Katsuhiro Watanabe ... Comedian
- Hisako Yamada ... Daughter
- Hiroko Yashiki ... Theatre Troupe
External links[]
- Suicide Circle review at Snowblood Apple