- Actors: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho, Tamao Satô, Takashi Nomura
- Directors: Shion Sono
- Writers: Shion Sono
- Producers: Atsushi Numata, Junichi Tanaka, Seiji Yoshida, Seiya Kawamata, Toshiie Tomida
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Tla
- DVD Release Date: 18 Nov 2003
- Run Time: 99 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000CC885
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 63,745 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This region 2 UK release from Cornerstone Media is currently listed by Amazon as running for 90 minutes. The unrated "red stripe" region 1 release listed as being from Tla is 99 minutes. That suggests there's going to be quite a lot missing when the Cornerstone release arrives in autumn 2011, and if it bothers you then make sure you check before ordering. Interesting film with some surprisingly fun music, by the way...
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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In the end, I was terrified to see this film because in my heart, I knew I had to watch it. And just as I had feared (or possibly even 'Hoped,') the plot and the story of this savage movie were both perfectly described in the title.
The sight of 54 schoolgirls holding hands together and smiling, standing side by side on a subway platform before jumping onto the tracks will haunt me until the day that I die! However, the brutally realistic blood and gore was utterly irrelevant. Because as always, the horrific tragedy was the fact that they had eagerly relinquished their own lives.
Throughout the movie, the scenes of people smiling happily as they hanged themselves or stabbed themselves in the throat almost made me feel as if I was being stabbed myself. The grotesquely over-the-top spoof of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" was (in my personal opinion,) deliberately aimed at the people who think that it's okay to laugh at scenes or torture, death and pain; insisting that we `Shouldn't Take It So Seriously' and that it is 'Only A Movie.' Because if you can laugh at a man's camp performance while a woman is being raped and stabbed to death, then I personally feel that you should take a long, hard look in the mirror.
As usual of course, the biggest 'Problem' with this film as far as many Western people are concerned is that there is no logical 'Ending' or 'Solution.' There are no explanations for how and why these tragedies occurred, allowing us to all sleep soundly in our beds because in the end, the problems have been solved. But then again, the whole point of this movie is that there is no tangible 'Cause.' There is no one to blame, and there are certainly no 'Ghosts,' 'Demons' or other 'Creatures From Beyond The Grave' to slay.
There are no answers. There is no reason, no purpose, no conspiracy or criminal manipulation...
Across the whole world, tens of thousands of people kill themselves every day for almost exactly the same reasons; because they want to, because they can, and because it seems like a good idea at the time. So watch the other commuters stand by and do nothing while 54 schoolgirls throw themselves under a train, and only then will you understand the definition of "TRUE" Horror!
The sight of 54 schoolgirls holding hands together and smiling, standing side by side on a subway platform before jumping onto the tracks will haunt me until the day that I die! However, the brutally realistic blood and gore was utterly irrelevant. Because as always, the horrific tragedy was the fact that they had eagerly relinquished their own lives.
Throughout the movie, the scenes of people smiling happily as they hanged themselves or stabbed themselves in the throat almost made me feel as if I was being stabbed myself. The grotesquely over-the-top spoof of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" was (in my personal opinion,) deliberately aimed at the people who think that it's okay to laugh at scenes or torture, death and pain; insisting that we `Shouldn't Take It So Seriously' and that it is 'Only A Movie.' Because if you can laugh at a man's camp performance while a woman is being raped and stabbed to death, then I personally feel that you should take a long, hard look in the mirror.
As usual of course, the biggest 'Problem' with this film as far as many Western people are concerned is that there is no logical 'Ending' or 'Solution.' There are no explanations for how and why these tragedies occurred, allowing us to all sleep soundly in our beds because in the end, the problems have been solved. But then again, the whole point of this movie is that there is no tangible 'Cause.' There is no one to blame, and there are certainly no 'Ghosts,' 'Demons' or other 'Creatures From Beyond The Grave' to slay.
There are no answers. There is no reason, no purpose, no conspiracy or criminal manipulation...
Across the whole world, tens of thousands of people kill themselves every day for almost exactly the same reasons; because they want to, because they can, and because it seems like a good idea at the time. So watch the other commuters stand by and do nothing while 54 schoolgirls throw themselves under a train, and only then will you understand the definition of "TRUE" Horror!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The actual idea of this film is excellent, which centres on a spate of unexplained suicides. The film itself in parts has a 70s feel particularly the outside shots at the train station, and certainly has some memorable scenes. However the last 3rd of this film spoils the remainder by turning into some sort of over indulgent art film. This is a terrible shame as this really had the potential to be a classic. Disappointing!!
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