Thursday, 21 November 2024

Jisatsu Sakuru

It's a movie with a rather troubling title, let's see if I can avoid it.

It starts with a group of girls throwing themselves in front of a train, and others also jump to their deaths elsewhere. The police are baffled, is this murder or not? At some locations are stitched together strips of skin, from their bodies. One internet sleuth thinks she is on to someone, but is captured by someone who claims to be the leader (but isn't really). It is slowly revealed that there is a lot of philosophy going on. "What is your connection to your wife? What is your connection to yourself? Does the connection remain even if you die?"

It's a really weird movie. I saw it years ago, and... it's still just as weird. The whole bowling alley scene (the chap who claims he is the leader) could easily be removed. What is really going on is... it's not supernatural or anything. It is sort of philosophy. There's also a singing troupe that seem to be involved, and at the end of the movie it just seems to be over and they move on?

Is there a "vibes" movie where you just experience something weird without knowing what the hell is going on?

Just imagine if there was a sequel to this. (There is!)

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