are you connected? || Suicide Circle (Club) Approved Fanlisting

This is the approved fanlisting for the movie Jisatsu Sakkuru, also known as 'Suicide Club' or Jisatsu Circle (2002). It's been called the sister to the classic Battle Royale, though it's about a series of rash suicides, sometimes 200 at a time. Needless to say, it's pretty bloody.

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† Sion Sono in Asian Cult Cinema Magazine †

Posted Mar 1, 2009. Filed under Suicide Circle (Jisatsu Circle).

Sion Sono is in this month’s Asian Cult Cinema magazine (ACC 61) talking about his newest movie— which sounds GREAT— called Love Exposure.

Don’t know where to get Asian Cult Cinema magazine? You can order just this issue or you can subscribe.

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† Suicide Club: Site Updates †

Posted Jul 31, 2008. Filed under Suicide Circle (Jisatsu Circle).

I know that it has been a LONG time since I’ve done any of these sorts of updates, which was why it was so important to me tonight that I get it all done. I don’t want to let this site lag or let it go without updates. I’m still very much a part of the fandom and I want it to remain as active as possible through this site.

I updated the dots with 79 new people. I need to bring up a few things. First off, you have to submit a form through the come die with us page, not through these update comments. Secondly, you have to put a gender of either female or male. Shemale, it, bigender don’t count. I don’t even care which gender you were born as. The way the movie is has dictated that we have two genders: female and male. It has to be one of those. Any without one of the two genders listed will be deleted.

I also updated the Are you connected? portion of the site. Remember guys, you don’t have to sign up to leave your own message in that box. You can write it in as a guest.
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† Sion Sono in Rue Morgue †

Posted Jun 22, 2008. Filed under Suicide Circle (Jisatsu Circle).

The latest issue of Rue Morgue takes a look at Japanese film and interviews as part of the panel Sion Sono.

I just wanted to give all of you an idea of what he said since I don’t actually own the magazine to do scans (maybe someone else has them?). The panel was talking about the conditions of Japanese films and society and how Japanese society is becoming increasingly violent (nothing strange to us who live in the US, for sure).

Mr. Sion Sono answered questions about his movies Suicide Club and Noriko’s Dinner Table, which is getting a lot of attention from the horror movie mags (I read about five or six of them monthly).

First off, Sion Sono discussed the recent mass suicides happening in Japan. These are occurrences that happened after his film, not events that inspired his movie. He states that he felt something in the social climate, something ominous, and created Suicide Club out of that feeling. In that way, Suicide Club stands as a warning and a prediction of something that he felt was stirring in Japanese society.

Next, he talked about the actual concept for Suicide Club. According to Sion Sono, Suicide Club was made confusing and hard to interpret on purpose. He wanted the movie to represent something that can’t be explained since the feeling, the violence and despair in Japan, is something that can’t be explained or easily solved. So, for all of you who watch the movie and go, “What?” don’t worry, you’re sort of meant to have that reaction! Noriko’s Dinner Table was written to focus on what one girl felt throughout the events of Suicide Club, centralizing on her.
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