History Film / SuicideClub

* AttentionWhore: [[spoiler:It soon becomes clear that Genesis is ''not'' responsible for the epidemic of suicides plaguing Japan--he took credit for the mass deaths and formed the Suicide Club solely to get people to notice him.

* AnyoneCanDie: Has a huge body count and you have no idea who is going to go next. The students come from all parts of Japanese society and even nurses/cooks etc are not exempt.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:Genesis, who just really wants some attention but his involvement in the suicides is dubious at best.]]
* BookEnds: Footage from a fictional pop group named "Dessart" opens and closes the film.
* TheCoroner: To some extent- while cleaning up a scene of a mass suicide, one of the crew casually states "Here comes an ear," while scraping body parts from the side of a building.

* {{Cult}}: There seems to be a suicide cult around Genesis. [[spoiler:This is more of a red herring, as he's more of a harmless wannabe.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:'Hi there, my name's Genesis. I've had delusions of grandeur since I was a child...']]

* HighPressureBlood

* KickTheDog: A villain in the film, Genesis, almost literally does this with a small animal trapped in a cloth cover. Since the distributor outside of Japan decided to censor the scene to get an R rating for the film, it is up to the viewer whether the abuse animal actually happened or not. And made by a famous Japanese ''tarento'', no less.

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Genesis is the leader of his group which seems to be a suicide cult, but he rather is a poser than having any involvement in the mass suicides.]]

* SuicideIsPainless: There are LOTS of suicides in this movie and almost all of them have the perpetrators smiling so it becomes grotesque:
** The 54 teens in the beginning are happily smiling and gladly awaiting their death when jumping in front of the subway. They show not the slightest bit of fear of death.

** One woman prepares a meal and cuts with her knife through her fingers as if it would be nothing and keeps the smile on her face. She doesn't die but seems to be longing for death a lot.
** A comedian stabbing himself in the throat in the middle of a show. The audience cries but he seems happy enough.

''Suicide Club'' (自殺サークル, ''Jisatsu Sākuru'', lit: ''Suicide Circle'') is a 2001 Japanese independent horror film written and directed by Creator/SionSono.

A prequel[=/=]sequel, ''Noriko's Dinner Table'', was released in 2005. A manga by Usamaru Furuya was also released at the same time of the movie's Japanese DVD release.

Directed by Creator/SionSono. A prequel[=/=]sequel, ''Noriko's Dinner Table'', was released in 2005. A manga by Usamaru Furuya was also released at the same time of the movie's Japanese DVD release.

Directed by Sion Sono. A prequel[=/=]sequel, ''Noriko's Dinner Table'', was released in 2005. A manga by Usamaru Furuya was also released at the same time of the movie's Japanese DVD release.

* KickTheDog: A villain in the film, Genesis, almost literally does this with a guinea pig.

* AnyoneCanDie: Has a huge body count and you have no idea is going to go next. The students come from all parts of Japanese society and even nurses/cooks etc are not exempt.

** Actually, it can remind people of [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Frankenfurter]]. Apparently they later admitted the character was an homage to him.

* DrivenToSuicide: The main premise of the film is that people all across Japan are committing suicide at an alarming rate and is deliberately gruesome ways to get attention. As all but two of the hundreds of deaths in this movie are suicides. The message of the film seems to be getting the authorities and public to open their eyes to the country's high rate of teenage suicides, even if it is disturbingly PlayedForLaughs half of the time.

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: 'Hi there, my name's Genesis. I've had delusions of grandeur since I was a child...']]
* AGoodWayToDie: One day, Mitsuko is on her way home when she gets hit by her boyfriend, Masa, who has jumped off a roof, because he thought it was a good way to leave this earth (he barely survives the jump).

** Subverted in the sequel when it turns out that [[spoiler:the original 54 suicides were merely employees sacrificed by the owner of the family rental service to teach a lesson to one of the sequel's protagonists and everyone else in the movie just followed suit because if all the cool kids jumped in front of a train wouldn't you jump too?]]

* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Genesis is the leader of his group which seems to be a suicide cult, but he rather is a poser than having any involvement in the mass suicides.]]

** The 54 teens in the beginning are happily smiling and gladly awaiting their death when jumping in front of the subway. The show not the slightest bit of fear of death.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Genesis strongly resembles the character Genesis from the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' Compilation, and both resemble Japanese pop/rock singer {{Gackt}} (of course, ''Final Fantasy'' Genesis didn't appear until four years after ''Suicide Club'')

* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Genesis seems to be the leader of the suicide cult, but he doesn't seem to have any involvement and seems to be just a poser.]]

* KidsAreCruel: [[spoiler:A pre-teen pop band uses subliminal messages to get as many people as they can to off themselves.]]
** And then subverted in the sequel when it turns out that [[spoiler:the original 54 suicides were merely employees sacrificed by the owner of the family rental service to teach a lesson to one of the sequel's protagonists and everyone else in the movie just followed suit because if all the cool kids jumped in front of a train wouldn't you jump too?]]

In Tokyo, 54 schoolgirls leap in front of a subway train. Much [[HilarityEnsues hilarity ensues]] as police officers, school kids, serial killers, and everyone inbetween reacts in their own way, while unraveling the mystery of an internet suicide cult (ironically, this film has gained a cult following since 2002). Directed by Sion Sono.

A prequel[=/=]sequel, ''Noriko's Dinner Table'', was released in 2005. A manga by Usamaru Furuya was also released at the same time of the movie's Japanese DVD release.

* AnyoneCanDie: Has a huge body count and you have no idea is going to go next.
* BigBadWannabe: Genesis, who just really wants some attention.

* DrivenToSuicide: The main premise of the film is that people all across Japan are committing suicide at an alarming rate and is deliberately gruesome ways to get attention. The message of the film seems to be getting the authorities and public to open their eyes to the country's high rate of teenage suicides, even if it is disturbingly PlayedForLaughs half of the time.

* KickTheDog: A villain in the film, Genesis, literally does this.
** Technically, it was a guinea pig...

** And then subverted to hell in the sequel when it turns out that the original 54 suicides were merely employees sacrificed by the owner of the family rental service to teach a lesson to one of the sequel's protagonists and everyone else in the movie just followed suit because if all the cool kids jumped in front of a train wouldn't you jump too?
* LargeHam: Genesis and his gang. Also the four women who [[spoiler:hang themselves]] during the suicide montage.

* MindScrew: The movie jumps headfirst into this territory towards the end. The penultimate scene of the film is [[GainaxEnding frustratingly similar]] to the ending of the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' TV series.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Genesis]]

* SuicideIsPainless: As all but two of the hundreds of deaths in this movie are suicides, it's bound to happen at some point. Good examples are a woman intentionally chopping off her own fingers as she prepares a meal, and a comedian stabbing himself in the throat in the middle of a show- both done with smiles on their faces.

* WhamShot: The opening scene where fifty-four chirpy school girls all throw themselves into the path of an oncoming train.

* AnyoneCanDie

* DrivenToSuicide

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Genesis]]

54 schoolgirls leap in front of a subway train. Much [[HilarityEnsues hilarity ensues]] as police officers, school kids, serial killers, and everyone inbetween reacts in their own way, while unraveling the mystery of an internet suicide cult (ironically, this film has gained a cult following since 2002). Directed by Sion Sono.

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* BlondGuysAreEvil: Once again, Genesis- the only blond in the entire movie.

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* {{Expy}}: Suffice it to say that some people's first reaction upon seeing Genesis was "Holy shit, it's Japanese DavidBowie!"

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Genesis strongly resembles the character Genesis from the ''FinalFantasyVII'' Compilation, and both resemble Japanese pop/rock singer {{Gackt}} (of course, ''Final Fantasy'' Genesis didn't appear until four years after ''Suicide Club'')
** Actually, it can remind people of [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Frankenfurter]]. Apparently they later admitted the character was an homage to him.

* MindScrew: The movie jumps headfirst into this territory towards the end. The penultimate scene of the film is frustratingly similar to the ending of the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' TV series.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The idol group's name is spelled both "Dessert" and "Dessart".

* MindScrew: The movie jumps headfirst into this territory towards the end. The penultimate scene of the film is frustratingly similar to the ending of the ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' TV series.