[stuartr]

Has anyone seen this movie? It is a japanese movie. Very weird and interesting. It is about a wave of mass suicides among high school students in Tokyo. I guess it won a bunch of awards at international film festivals. It is pretty graphic though, so you might not want to watch it with your little sister or daughter. Anyway I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on it.

 

[Rizumu]

Is it in theaters? On DVD? Availabe in the US? Sounds interesting.

 

[RacerX]

I saw it...at Best Buy in the foreign DVD aisle; right next to the anime.

But I haven't really seen it.

 

[Music Fanatic]

When it comes to Japanese movies, films by Yasujiro Ozu are more my speed.

 

[stuartr]

I rented it at my local DVD store...not a chain though. It was definitely worth watching, but pretty disturbing.
Music Fantatic, have you seen Suicide Club, or are you just bringing up Japanese film in general? I like Ozu as well, but sometimes it is just maddeningly slow...

 

[Music Fanatic]

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Originally posted by stuartr I rented it at my local DVD store...not a chain though. It was definitely worth watching, but pretty disturbing. Music Fantatic, have you seen Suicide Club, or are you just bringing up Japanese film in general? I like Ozu as well, but sometimes it is just maddeningly slow...

I saw about 3 minutes of Suicide Club.

I must disagree with you about Ozu being slow. Glenn Gould once disagreed with a critic who complained that Bach was too "logical" and instead argued that he was a "volcano". In the same vein, I would suggest that Ozu is also a volcano.

 

[grinch]

thanks for the recommendation, upon checking it out on imdb, the head user review mentions it on par with: battle royale, ichi the killer, audition, and versus. since i own all of those films, seems like i should check this one out.

i'll try and get it soon.

 

[stuartr]

Music Fantatic -- the first 3 minutes of the movie are probably the most graphic, so perhaps that turned you off. I am not generally a fan of overly graphic movies, but I think that this one eventually transcended its bloodshed...transcended towards what is another question though...But I understand your displeasure...

 

[Music Fanatic]

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Originally posted by stuartr I like Ozu as well, but sometimes it is just maddeningly slow...

On the topic of whether Ozu is slow, here is a rather serious essay I just read that addresses the question head-on -- it is entitled: Is Ozu Slow?

 

[Fastjack]

Just saw it. Pure weirdness.

For the most part I thought it was some cool mystery thriller but then there wasn't any real end. Could somebody please tell me, what was going on?

For now I can't recommend it.

 

[Orpheus]

where you guys recommend buying this DVD? i usually don't buy DVD's..... but this is my kind of movie... so... ?

 

[minya]

Coolest Japanese movie ever: Uzumaki.

- Chris

 

[Dweebgal]

thinking of getting hold of this film at some point.

i'm quite into my japanese films, and i think for pure stomach-churn factor either "audition" or the uncut version of "ichi the killer" (which i finally got this weekend, and it really made me feel quite ill to start with) are good.

 

[Orpheus]

k, bought it for $15 shipped from deepdiscountdvd....

however, it says language = english. is that okay? it probably means subtitled in english right?--i don't want no overdubs.

 

[stuartr]

Dean -- I am not sure -- mine only had subtitles, not even an option for dub (thank god), but I am not sure if this is the same as what you got.