Japan Synopsis
生きない
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.
The 1997–1999 Japan Window
162 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Suicide Bus sits at position #131.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Suicide Bus premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,962 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (13th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #1,258 of 1,411 (top 89%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Runtime | 1h 41m |
| Release Date | August 11, 1998 |
| IMDb | tt0165828 |