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Suicide Club

2002
Suspense/Thriller
Horror
1h 39m
A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides. (imdb)
Directed by:
Sion Sono Sion Sono
Written by:
Sion Sono Sion Sono
Starring:
Ryo Ishibashi Ryo Ishibashi Akaji Maro Akaji Maro Masatoshi Nagase Masatoshi Nagase Mai Hosho Mai Hosho Saya Hagiwara Hideo Sako Takashi Nomura Tamao Satô Rolly Joshua Yôko Kamon Yôko Kamon Maiko Mori
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Franchise:
Suicide Club
Genres:
Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery
AKAs:
Jisatsu saakuru, Suicide Circle
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
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Suicide Club

2002
Suspense/Thriller
Horror
1h 39m
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judge_holdenJudge Holden
Rated 19 Sep 2012
4
51st
The grisly sequel to L' Arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat.
Rated 19 Sep 2012
suture_selfSuture Self
Rated 16 Apr 2012
5
42nd
I think this movie has something to do with the rising age gap in Japanese culture, herd mentality, disillusionment and the loss of individualism...or something. I'm not quite sure what was up with the glam rock psychopath, either. ARE YOU CONNECTED TO YOURSELF?
Rated 16 Apr 2012
doctor7doctor7
Rated 21 Feb 2007
56
34th
I think this movie requires a far more indepth knowledge of Japanese culture than I have to fully appreciate it. Although the opening sequence of about 50 school girls diving infront of a bullet train is pretty neat.
Rated 21 Feb 2007
jimmynmujimmynmu
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
39th
Some neat gore, but almost half the movie doesn't make much sense (atleast for a north american) and isn't very entertaining either.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
skenkereSkenkere
Rated 01 Mar 2007
25
9th
I thought this movie was gonna be really cool. It wasn't. It's like the writers said "hey let's make a movie where everyone commits suicide, that'll be cool!" "yea! ok whats the motive?" At this point three ideas were put forth, none of which were good or made any sense, and they couldn't decide which one to pick so they just mashed them all together into one unintelligible, overly long, piece of crap with a fake sense of importance.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 20 Dec 2006
65
25th
I guess there's a way to make sense of this, if you try hard. It started off somewhat interesting, but the substandard production value and increasing incoherence of the story made the experience less and less enjoyable.
Rated 20 Dec 2006
antitypeantitype
Rated 22 Jan 2010
83
78th
So, it's a macabre mess of a plot about... Japanese pop culture, mass hypnotism (literal or not), isolation and loss of self/humanity, decline of family (a bit like Visitor Q), etc. Gets somewhat derailed by a weird Bowie/P-Orridge/Manson hybrid psycho subplot that only manages to make things even weirder. Don't attempt to unravel this one. Just let the red haze wash over you.
Rated 22 Jan 2010
pfightmasterPfightmaster
Rated 10 Apr 2018
39
18th
What's really frustrating about this movie is that it's an excellent horror movie in the first half and a shitty, shitty avantgardist nightmare in the second half. Its tonal shifts are so jarring and so out of nowhere that it's almost amazing. I for one still loathed the execution of these shifts, as they took an exciting, moody horror piece about group suicides and turned it into... well, you gotta see it for yourselves to believe it. I didn't care for it, but I get why a lot of people dug it.
Rated 10 Apr 2018
zarkonZarkon
Rated 20 Aug 2014
75
36th
It's unfortunate that it's billed as a gory J-horror since it only superficially describes the format and masks the social commentary that pervades the film. It's no doubt a frustrating, polarizing, amateurish, and flawed film. But independent of its execution, Suicide Club seems to have been too readily dismissed as being nonsensical due to its less familiar Japanese origin, while other difficult films such as Mulholland Dr. have been held up to countless attempts at interpretation.
Rated 20 Aug 2014
closedmouthclosedmouth
Rated 01 Nov 2014
80
68th
Hilarious black comedy that gives you that all-too-rare feeling of watching a truly singular, uncompromised original vision. It's not perfect (e.g., The Bat seems really promising and cool and then just suddenly becomes irrelevant to the plot and disappears) but it is entertainingly bizarre in ways that reminded me of Lynch; not necessarily stylistically, but just in that exciting confidence of ideas.
Rated 01 Nov 2014
desertpunkDesertPunk
Rated 13 Dec 2015
73
54th
I do believe that there will always be a bit of a gap in understanding with Japanese movies like this (at least from a Western perspective), but the broad strokes are intact: conformity, consumption, and survival. People expecting a goretastic J-horror flick won't get exactly what they want, but I can't say you'll be disappointed.
Rated 13 Dec 2015
talibanTaliban
Rated 22 Feb 2011
85
85th
because dead
Rated 22 Feb 2011
nilkynarfynilkynarfy
Rated 02 Apr 2018
79
72nd
This is the most bollywood j-horror movie I have seen. The tone shifts are all over and extremely violent, but the basic ideas and execution are good. Come think of it, it's actually more like an early Cronenberg than other j-horror flicks of the time. If you liked shivers or rabid, go nuts.
Rated 02 Apr 2018
coheedCoheed
Rated 17 Apr 2012
70
58th
An erratic work whose turns become more and more fascinatingly vaguer, and feels similar to the superior 6 part mini-series MPD Psycho by Takashi Miike. It is a fascinating and engaging watch, but its value is not really any deep themes, which are there and probably resonate much more for its original Japanese audience, but as an abstract journey through the country's pop culture and its culture on suicide.
Rated 17 Apr 2012
jx820jx820
Rated 14 Aug 2007
14
6th
Maybe the plot is a lot better in Japanese.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
lisa_iilisa-
Rated 13 Jan 2014
5
70th
a very original horror film that is self-consciously schlocky but is also rather interesting. to what extent the metaphysical questions the film raises are valid or thought through is pertinent, but the fact remains that this is certainly an interesting way to present them. it's also a complete mess of a film, but a sort of fascinating mess. very entertaining.
Rated 13 Jan 2014
jebJeb
Rated 29 Jul 2008
55
36th
If I had a better understanding of Japanese culture, I would have ranked this higher. It has some good themes, and some really weird ones. Like other recent modern day horror films, this one just overloads on gore and blood, therefore making it almost unwatchable. The production values are very weak too, but, there's still good in this. The plot is somewhat good, and some of the characters are quite detailed and interesting.
Rated 29 Jul 2008
uiterwaardeuiterwaarde
Rated 17 Apr 2012
68
31st
Has a handful of impressive scenes, but that's about the only reason to watch this film. Although it confronts a couple of big themes in today's society, like peer pressure, the digital revolution, pop culture, the irrational wish to be famous, the human condition and, of course, suicide, it doesn't improve the film, as it tries to melt them them into one neat storyline, but it only makes it harder for the viewer to follow, as he keeps on getting pulled and pushed from one big theme to another.
Rated 17 Apr 2012
peyrinpeyrin
Rated 13 Sep 2020
65
42nd
In a filmography full of IDEAS, this is maybe one of his most IDEAS-packed films. Takes aim at essentially all of materialism and individualism, but doesn't put the pieces together as nicely as some other films with similar themes.
Rated 13 Sep 2020
chengmingchengming
Rated 21 Dec 2018
20
3rd
There's two nice scenes in here and the rest is filler material without even a pretension of craft.
Rated 21 Dec 2018
pigletPiglet
Rated 22 Jul 2009
70
59th
A LOT of suicides occur and the police are baffled as to why. And so is the viewer, we get the notion that it has something to do with an annoying pre-teen girl band, but in the end the ending could have been better, seems like they just didn't know what to do after the girl finds out the truth. It appears the movie tries to tell us something about the way we live, but as a norwegian it's not that close to home. But still a good look into what drives the everyday japanese.
Rated 22 Jul 2009
spokowapSpokoWap
Rated 19 Nov 2010
72
62nd
Dziwny, ale bardzo intrygujacy.
Rated 19 Nov 2010
neonmanNeonman
Rated 19 Sep 2012
86
84th
A totally bonkers and very Japanese (in a good way) film, using such a serious and dark subject matter to address a more trivial, but important societal theme (which is, itself, an upsetting hilarious way to make a movie).
Rated 19 Sep 2012
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 28 Jul 2008
63
14th
I'm not sure what the hell to make of this. There are some good scenes and there are signs of potential, but between the mediocre production values and confusing plot development I'm tempted to just dismiss it as en excuse to have hundreds of suicides in a film. I can't bring myself to say it was bad, but it really felt self important and stupid, as if the premise was thought up by a 10 year old.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
obdurateObdurate
Rated 23 Nov 2009
77
59th
I think it's safe to say this movie is really militant satire, dressed in horror clothes. I don't know exactly what I just watched but it intrigued me, anyway. I definitely get a theme of conformity. It's true that the production values are less than stellar but there are some genuinely disturbing scenes and just trying to figure out the puzzle (ha!) is fun in itself. Seems more like a "message over plot" type of movie and that's fine.
Rated 23 Nov 2009
kahKAH
Rated 13 Jun 2009
2
40th
The message is shouted out loud, but even though I would prefer a more subtle approach, it still works somehow, and there's room for personal interpretation. It also has some very stylish scenes.
Rated 13 Jun 2009
hotsakehotsake
Rated 02 Apr 2019
65
63rd
The beginning was awesome, the middle was interesting and kept my attention but the ending was really underwhelming, lame and almost completely ruined the other two thirds of the movie.
Rated 02 Apr 2019
tomisneverTomisnever
Rated 18 Aug 2010
87
75th
One of the weirdest films I've ever seen, but really interesting to watch.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
rnevesrrnevesr
Rated 30 Jan 2010
93
92nd
A complete mindfuck if viewed superficially, but on the occasion that it keeps coming to one's memory after the film is over, you realise what a masterpiece it was. The underlined sense of it all is brilliant, really.
Rated 30 Jan 2010
rosenritterrosenritter
Rated 16 Sep 2015
7
67th
Because the dead shine all night long.
Rated 16 Sep 2015
cowmanCowman
Rated 08 Sep 2016
70
56th
One of many japanese (horror) films which is completely beyond comprehension. Is it a culture thing or what? I don't get it (yet, but I'll keep trying). Anyhow...,It was fun and the second part slips into the good kind of fucked up very quickly, but some closure near the end would have been nice.
Rated 08 Sep 2016
halfjapaneseHalfJapanese
Rated 31 Dec 2007
10
2nd
Ooh, it's Japanese! That's the only reason anyone could enjoy this rubbish. For Japanophiles only. See Uzumaki instead.
Rated 31 Dec 2007
djrossdjross
Rated 15 Sep 2010
55
53rd
Some parts work; other parts less so. Probably I should watch it again.
Rated 15 Sep 2010
tearsofashtearsofash
Rated 14 Aug 2007
98
98th
A really well put together movie. It's hard to understand unless you understand the Japanese culture. As I've been told a lot of it is about how important Japanese youth is. I know is seems crazy, but yeah. Personally, I feel that it's about finding yourself and finding yourself in others.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
chadarnookchadarnook
Rated 09 Apr 2009
95
97th
Very strange and borders on nonsensical, even if you buy in to the story. But it's also dreamy, outrageous, and has something to say. Get past the weirdness and there's a lot to like.
Rated 09 Apr 2009
junkmail3333junkmail3333
Rated 13 Dec 2006
20
1st
Consider suicide before watching this garbage
Rated 13 Dec 2006
nataskaosnataskaos
Rated 31 Jan 2009
50
19th
I am split on this movie. right. so. I like the idea that this movie is trying to teach me a lesson about the ins and outs of pop culture and how terrible it is (dessert. obvious metaphor there). but the point seems to get lost among the other things in the film that seem only midly complete...like the cop's kids getting killed, etc. I want to like this movie a lot more than I do, but I don't know that I am getting it all. if someone says that it's dumb or something, they don't get it.
Rated 31 Jan 2009
eltigrenegroElTigreNegro
Rated 25 Jan 2009
45
10th
Stupid and pointless, it does have some funny parts.
Rated 25 Jan 2009
rednightmarerednightmare
Rated 20 Sep 2010
80
91st
Excellent film, but not quite as good as the source material.
Rated 20 Sep 2010
lonewolf2003Lonewolf2003
Rated 03 Dec 2014
80
79th
tk421TK421
Rated 25 Aug 2008
65
15th
A film that revels in gratuity, this movie is a twisted story about subliminal messages and the power of peer pressure. It's hard to overlook the sheer amount of blood and depravity, which at times comes so freely it's as though you are watching a cartoon. This movie strives for lofty heights, but ultimately fails to be much more than a "shocker" film.
Rated 25 Aug 2008
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 26 Jan 2009
60
13th
Pretty crappy. Had hoped for better.
Rated 26 Jan 2009
feraudFeraud
Rated 30 Sep 2022
9
5th
As a work, this movie is sloppy, disrespectful, half-hearted, on-the-nose, shameful, and unreliable. Pretty much the opposite of what you would expect from a Japanese work. Don't waste your time. There is no deeper meaning. There is also nothing hidden behind a cultural or language gap. It's pretentious nonsense meant as a middle finger to Japanese society. Shallow and obnoxious.
Rated 30 Sep 2022
calmenvyCalmenvy
Rated 29 Nov 2013
7
49th
An interesting and strange film. A must-see!
Rated 29 Nov 2013
tbollow89tbollow89
Rated 14 Dec 2008
50
9th
what the hell?
Rated 14 Dec 2008
malignantMalignant
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
39th
It has an good premise, themes, and execution until the last fourth, where it goes too far into it's weirdness to try to have a stronger ending.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
axleblazeaxleblaze
Rated 17 Mar 2012
60
18th
This movie is essentially getting 60 points for two scenes: one that is the most violent hard to watch thing I've seen in a movie and another that is one of the most bizarre scenes I've yet to see. Th rest kind of sucks (especially the ending).
Rated 17 Mar 2012
hisblobhisblob
Rated 14 Jan 2013
75
58th
There's an imdb review that explains this movie, without which I would have given it a much lower rating. Shame on me for missing everything?
Rated 14 Jan 2013
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 30 Oct 2021
77
58th
O Pacto estreava há 20 anos no Festival de Toquio. Taí um filme que envelheceu muito bem, especialmente num mundo pós desafio da baleia azul, sua crítica envolvendo Internet na adolescência/infância ainda é bem vinda. Talvez não seja um grande filme, mas resistiu ao tempo pela intrigante metade inicial e a visão pessimista sobre a tecnologia e cultura pop. DVDRip no MakingOff.
Rated 30 Oct 2021
realmacgyverRealMacgyver
Rated 01 Jan 2009
70
54th
A bit on the weird side, funny in a dark way and definetly Japanese. Good flick but don't expect an explanation for everything as the Japanese are good at leaving stuff up to the audience, so no Basil Exposition explaining the websites or anything
Rated 01 Jan 2009
alienindieAlienIndie
Rated 28 Oct 2013
34
5th
Absolute nonsense. Watch only if logic means absolutely nothing to you.
Rated 28 Oct 2013
drewlephantDrewlephant
Rated 23 Dec 2008
60
36th
Strange, but little else. Sion Sono is just trying to pull the wool over your eyes with some really striking images and stabs at creating false depth. Don't be fooled by all those cute Japanese girls jumping to their deaths. It doesn't mean anything.
Rated 23 Dec 2008
lennyneroLennyNero
Rated 01 Mar 2008
0
1st
So bad you won't stop laughing
Rated 01 Mar 2008
uniquenameUniqueName
Rated 15 Jan 2009
89
88th
An Excellent movie that is really a bit confusing on the first run through.
Rated 15 Jan 2009
veseyVesey
Rated 07 Feb 2008
73
45th
A bit annoying because you can just tell something is being lost in translation, but it has it's moments that certainly make it a unique viewing.
Rated 07 Feb 2008
methad1methad1
Rated 28 Jan 2012
60
33rd
Not too bad but I think that the message and plot is a bit lost in translation.
Rated 28 Jan 2012
14x14x
Rated 31 Oct 2010
90
83rd
I really liked. After watching Noriko's Dinner Table I watched it again and loved it. Can't wait for the third one. Movies with a philosophical dimension like this one or simply awesome..
Rated 31 Oct 2010
audhumlaAudhumla
Rated 09 Aug 2007
90
75th
For the people confused about the message, it has much to do with conformity and such, and sort of ends up being an extension of the western adage "If everybody else was jumping off a bridge, would you do it too?"
Rated 09 Aug 2007

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