Suicide Bus

1998 1h 41m JA

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6.3

MID

★6.3TMDB · 15

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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A young girl named Mitsuki receives a ticket for a bus tour from her uncle. The tour appears to be normal (expect that everyone appears to be quite sombre), but Mitsuki learns its true purpose: the other passengers and the tour manager have a suicide pact to send the bus over a cliff so their families can collect the insurance money.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Dankan
Aragaki
Nanako Okochi
Mitsuki
Toshinori Omi
Kimura
Ippei Souda
Ozawa
Yoichi Nukumizu
Yashiro
Great Gidayu
Nose
Hiroyuki Kishi
Mochizuki
Takashi Mitsuhashi
Komatsu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hiroshi Shimizu
Writers: Dankan
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshinori Ota shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Dankan and Nanako Okochi and Toshinori Omi carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0165828 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hiroshi Shimizu directs. Katsumi Yanagijima behind the camera. Yoshinori Ota cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

128 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Yoshinori Ota shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Dankan and Nanako Okochi and Toshinori Omi carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0165828 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.