A couple of nights ago I watched a Japanese movie on DVD, a Suicide Club (Jisatsu Club), written and directed by Sion Sono. It was one of disturbing, gruesome and gory movies I'd ever watched. The opening showed 54 high school girls in their short skirts school uniforms and high white socks stood on Tokyo bound train at Shijunku Station. As the train approached the platform, these young girls chatted and laughed as they were ready to get on a roller coaster, stood side by side, held their hands formed a long chain, crossed the yellow line and threw themselves on the track.
The next few minutes, I sat on the edge of the couch, watching the blood splashed and soaked the horrified commuters on the platform, not to mention the sound of the human bodies being ran over by a bullet train. The blood flew on the track like a river. I shook my head a few times as I watched the movie rolled hoping I could shake off the gruesome scene from my mind.
On the same day, another bizarre but similar incident from a different part of the city reported to a team of detectives who are working on this case. I do not want to reveal more about this disturbing but interesting movie because I've talked to five people who watched it, and all of us have different theories.
The movie wasn't about adults committed suicide because of health reasons, depression or losing billion of yens or an embarrassing affairs. It was about adolescents who seemed to have a normal life, but somehow there was a link missing between them and grown ups. It was about us the grown ups have detached ourselves from the children. I watched this movie for a second time trying to figure it out why and who behind all these suicides, but I think the director simply left an open-ended ending. Either he wanted us to find ways to rebuild grown-ups/children relationship or he has a sequel coming.
makcik-san,
You're right about making profit, but at the same time when we look at the situation in many parts of the world, the young generation who is going to be adults in 10, 15 and 20 years from now, is the most neglected generation- physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually....
Appples4me,
yes, gory and make you say, what the heck is that for?????
pu3 liz,
thank you so much for your visit. It's a VHS and it doesn't have english subs. The first movie of the quartet was Bujang Lapuk (1957), followed by Seniman Bujang Lapuk (1961) and later came Ali Baba Bujang Lapuk (1961). Tiga Abdul came out in 1964.
Posted by: anasalwa | October 23, 2005 at 10:36 PM
assalamualaikum...
i was googling and i typed in seniman bujang lapok and your blog popped up so i decided to check it out. anyways, i was just wondering, the copy of bujang lapok that you have, is it a vcd? and if it is, does it have english subtitles? you know.... the white printed ones from the original movie. coz i'm getting some of my friends watching p.ramlee movies and they kinda loved the first one, which was 3 abdul. thanks!
Posted by: pu3_liz | October 22, 2005 at 06:30 PM
ewwww I can really picture that...kind of remind me of that video I watched once...Shocking Asia ooohhh gory!:O
Posted by: Apples4me | October 22, 2005 at 01:42 PM
i was like u when i first saw those horror movies and i would go in shock!
But my hubby told me many times, those movies are made to pull money. The most horid, the most blood-splashing, the better the money.
Posted by: makcik-san | October 22, 2005 at 07:03 AM