When the bizarre mass suicide of 54 high school girls throwing themselves in front of a subway train appears to instigate a string of suicides around the country, Detective Kuroda strives to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
Direction
Sion Sono's unhinged vision—beautiful, grotesque, unforgettably weird.
Writing
Script keeps mutating genres; just when you grasp it, it slips.
Score
Gleeful pop songs about suicide. You will never unhear them.
Director
Sion Sono
Ryo Ishibashi
Detective Kuroda
Masatoshi Nagase
Detective Shibusawa
Mai Hosho
Nurse Atsuko Sawada
Tamao Sato
Nurse Yôko Kawaguchi
Takashi Nomura
Security Guard Jiro Suzuki
Akaji Maro
Detective Murata
Sayoko Hagiwara
Mitsuko
Hideo Sako
Detective Hagitani
Nao Nagasawa
Classmate
ROLLY
Muneo 'Genesis' Suzuki
Masato Tsujioka
Genesis' Gang
Yoko Kamon
The Bat / Kiyoko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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