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* FreezeFrameBonus: When we first see Minami being thrown into the pool, [[spoiler:her eyes are very clearly open. This is FiveSecondForeshadowing of the fact that the purse only stunned her, and also foreshadows that Naoki knew full-well that she was still alive when he tossed her in the water]].
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* FreezeFrameBonus: When we first see Minami being thrown into the pool, [[spoiler:her eyes are very clearly open. This is FiveSecondForeshadowing of the fact that the purse only stunned her, and also foreshadows that Naoki knew full-well full well that she was still alive when he tossed her in the water]].
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* LonelyTogether:Shuya and Mizuki start a relationship because the're both bullied by everyone else.
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* LonelyTogether:Shuya and Mizuki start a relationship because the're they're both bullied by everyone else.
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* SmugSnake: Shuya may be smart for his age, but he's pretty overconfident in his abilities and accomplishemts [[spoiler:and ends up quite thoroughly OutGambitted.]]
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* SmugSnake: Shuya may be smart for his age, but he's pretty overconfident in his abilities and accomplishemts accomplishments [[spoiler:and ends up quite thoroughly OutGambitted.]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: Yuko Moriguchi.
** Also [[spoiler:Shuya]] by the end.
** Also [[spoiler:Shuya]] by the end.
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* DrivenToSuicide
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* TheFilmOfTheBook
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* {{Gorn}}
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* ParentalIssues: A major theme of the work.
* PsychologicalThriller
* PsychologicalThriller
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No critical reception in the description. see How To Create A Work Page under "Things not to include"
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It won many film awards, including the Japan Academy Prize, the Blue Ribbon Award, Asian Film Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards. It is also Japan's official entry for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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%%* AnAesop
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%%* TheChessmaster: Yuko Moriguchi.
* DeathWail: Shuya's screaming upon learning of [[spoiler:his mother's death by his hands]].
* DisappearedDad: We don't know what happened to Naoki's father but he is not living with him and the mother. We also see little of Shuya's father.
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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: Deconstructed when [[spoiler:Naoki's mother does not want to believe that Naoki murdered Manami. When she finally comes to her senses, she tries to [[ OffingTheOffspring kill Naoki]] and commit suicide]].
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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: Deconstructed DramaticDrop: Shuya drops his phone at the gym in slow motion when [[spoiler:Naoki's mother does not want to believe that Naoki murdered Manami. When she finally comes to her senses, she tries to [[ OffingTheOffspring kill Naoki]] and commit suicide]].he is told [[spoiler:that he just killed his mother]].
* EmpathyDollShot: We see Manami's worn kiddie purse several times, invoking this feeling.
* EndsWithASmile: Somewhat surprisingly, the last scene shows Yuko Moriguchi shedding tears while looking at Shuya crying on the floor. But then her expression changes to a smile before we cut to the credits.
* {{Escapism}}: To rid themselves of their personal horrors, the students often mistreat the murderers.
* EndsWithASmile: Somewhat surprisingly, the last scene shows Yuko Moriguchi shedding tears while looking at Shuya crying on the floor. But then her expression changes to a smile before we cut to the credits.
* {{Escapism}}: To rid themselves of their personal horrors, the students often mistreat the murderers.
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* {{Escapism}}: To rid themselves of their personal horrors, the students often mistreat the murderers.
* TheFilmOfTheBook
* ForcedKiss: The class collectively forces Shuya and Mizuki to kiss each other while they are taking pictures of the act.
* ForcedKiss: The class collectively forces Shuya and Mizuki to kiss each other while they are taking pictures of the act.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook
* KillTheCutie: Manami is a sweet little girl of about five years who falls victim to a murder plot of two schoolboys who want to get back at her mother.
* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: We see one of Manami's little shoes [[DeadHatShot floating in the pool]]. In a flashback we see how the shoe dropped from her foot when Naoki carried her to the pool.
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: Deconstructed when [[spoiler:Naoki's mother does not want to believe that Naoki murdered Manami. When she finally comes to her senses, she tries to [[ OffingTheOffspring kill Naoki]] and commit suicide]].
* {{Matricide}}: Both [[spoiler:Shuya and Naoki]] end up killing their mothers thanks to Yuko Moriguchi's meddling.
* {{Matricide}}: Both [[spoiler:Shuya and Naoki]] end up killing their mothers thanks to Yuko Moriguchi's meddling.
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler:Shuya plans on killing his schoolmates together with him by use of a bomb he planted at the auditorium. Yuko Moriguchi foils his plan and turns it into an AccidentalMurder when the bomb kills Shuya's mother in her lab instead]].
* OnscreenChapterTitles: The film is split into chapters for each character, each introduced with a title card.
* ParanoiaGambit: Yuko Moriguchi told the two boys that she [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink tainted their milk cartons with HIV-infected blood]]. [[spoiler:Turns out she didn't and only wanted them to go mad from the prospect of getting infected.]]
* OnscreenChapterTitles: The film is split into chapters for each character, each introduced with a title card.
* ParanoiaGambit: Yuko Moriguchi told the two boys that she [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink tainted their milk cartons with HIV-infected blood]]. [[spoiler:Turns out she didn't and only wanted them to go mad from the prospect of getting infected.]]
* {{Revenge}}: The premise of the film.
** RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Moriguchi is on one of these.
** RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Moriguchi is on one of these.
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* {{Matricide}}: Both [[spoiler:Shuya and Naoki]] end up killing their mothers thanks to Yuko Moriguchi's meddling.
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* {{Matricide}}: Both [[spoiler:Shuya and Naoki]] end up killing their mothers thanks to ShortDistancePhoneCall: When Yuko Moriguchi's meddling.Moriguchi calls Shuya on the phone to tell him about the bomb, she apparently was inside the gym all along.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Firmly locked on the cynical end of the spectrum. Whenever there is a glimpse of hope in the development of any character, it quickly gets turned into the opposite.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Firmly locked on the cynical end of the spectrum. Whenever there is a glimpse of hope in the development of any character, it quickly gets turned into the opposite.
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* {{Revenge}}: The premise of the film.
** RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Moriguchi is on one of these.
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* {{Revenge}}: The premise of TrophyViolence: [[spoiler:Shuya kills Mizuki by repeatedly hitting her in the film.
** RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Moriguchi is on onehead with a trophy of these. his.]]
** RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Moriguchi is on one
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* DotingParent: Deconstructed when [[spoiler:Naoki's mother does not want to believe that Naoki murdered Manami. When Naoki's mother finally comes to her senses, she tries to kill Naoki and commit suicide]].
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* DotingParent: MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: Deconstructed when [[spoiler:Naoki's mother does not want to believe that Naoki murdered Manami. When Naoki's mother she finally comes to her senses, she tries to [[ OffingTheOffspring kill Naoki Naoki]] and commit suicide]].
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* GambitRoulette: Yuko Moriguchi planned most of it even if she may not have researched properly. [[spoiler:She knew that even if she succeeded in tainting the milk with HIV blood, it does not give people AIDS. However, the paranoia can lead the students into chaos.]] The most triumphant example is in the end when [[spoiler:she predicted one of the murderers would set up the bomb to destroy the school. It also happens that the guy has an Oedipus complex. She planted the bomb in his mother's office. The guy phoned and killed his mother unwittingly.]]
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* GambitRoulette: Yuko Moriguchi planned most of it even if she may not have researched properly. [[spoiler:She knew that even if she succeeded in tainting the milk with HIV blood, it does not give people AIDS. However, the [[ParanoiaGambit paranoia can lead the students into chaos.chaos]].]] The most triumphant example is in the end when [[spoiler:she predicted one of the murderers would set up the bomb to destroy the school. It also happens that the guy has an Oedipus complex. She planted the bomb in his mother's office. The guy phoned and killed his mother unwittingly.]]
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* InMediasRes: As each character's viewpoints are given, more info about their pasts and other events that led to the story are expanded upon.
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* InMediasRes: InMediasRes:The movie starts after [[spoiler:Yuko Moriguchi's daughter was already killed]]. As each character's viewpoints are given, more info about their pasts and other events that led to the story are expanded upon.
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* LonelyTogether: Two students start a relationship because the're both bullied by everyone else.
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* LonelyTogether: Two students LonelyTogether:Shuya and Mizuki start a relationship because the're both bullied by everyone else.
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* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Shuya]]'s mother left him. Thus, his obsession ensued.
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* ParentalAbandonment: MissingMom: [[spoiler:Shuya]]'s mother left him. Thus, his obsession ensued.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Shuya Watanabe, apparently. [[spoiler:Though that's not really the case.]]
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Shuya Watanabe, apparently. [[spoiler:Though that's not really the case.]]{{Matricide}}: Both [[spoiler:Shuya and Naoki]] end up killing their mothers thanks to Yuko Moriguchi's meddling.
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* TheStoic: Yuko Moriguchi, She basically appears with a completely blank expression that just makes it creepier when she details how her child was killed, who killed her child and how she would punish them.
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* TheStoic: Yuko Moriguchi, Moriguchi. She basically appears with a completely blank expression that just makes it creepier when she details how her child was killed, who killed her child and how she would punish them.
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* GottaKillThemAll: Yuko Moriguchi and the two murderers.
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* DissonantSerenity
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this trope was not in play. we were always made to believe the electrocusion was harmful
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* HarmlessElectrocution: Subverted. [[spoiler:It turns out that Yuko's daughter didn't die from electrocution. However she was knocked unconscious and unable to save herself from drowning.]]
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AIDS was mentioned a couple of times
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* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: AIDS.
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* AnAesop
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Manami, Naoki's mother, Mizuki, and Shuya's mother.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Manami, Naoki's mother, Mizuki, and Shuya's mother.]]
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* TheChessmaster: Yuko Moriguchi.
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Yuko Moriguchi is a middle school teacher in charge of a class of rowdy students. They drink milk as she talks. After declaring her resignation toward the class, she then reveals her suspicion of two students for murdering her 4-year-old daughter Manami. It also turns out that she has hatched an elaborate revenge plan to punish the murderers, due to juvenile law protecting them from legal prosecution. Therefore, she tainted their milk cartons with HIV infected blood.
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Yuko Moriguchi is a middle school teacher in charge of a class of rowdy students. They drink milk as she talks. After declaring her resignation toward the class, she then reveals her suspicion of two students for murdering her 4-year-old daughter Manami. It also turns out that she has hatched an elaborate revenge plan to punish the murderers, due to juvenile law protecting them from legal prosecution. Therefore, she tainted their milk cartons with HIV infected HIV-infected blood.
