Suicide Club
2001 1h 39m movie Film Japan

Suicide Club

自殺サークル

“Well then, goodbye everybody.”

Synopsis

自殺サークル

“Well then, goodbye everybody.”

When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.

Audience Engagement

428
Reviews
93rd
Review-volume percentile
67th
Popularity percentile

428 audience reviews — more than 93% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (93th percentile) outruns trending popularity (67th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Suicide Club. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Omega Project

Drama + Horror in Japan

76 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Suicide Club itself).

The 2000–2002 Japan Window

Suicide Club holds position #130 of 226 Japan films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
    #1

    Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

    ★ 9.0 · 2002
  2. My Family
    #2

    My Family

    ★ 9.0 · 2002
  3. Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
    #3

    Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

    ★ 8.9 · 2001
  4. InuYasha
    #4

    InuYasha

    ★ 8.6 · 2000
  5. Fighting Spirit
    #5

    Fighting Spirit

    ★ 8.6 · 2000
  6. Shaman King
    #6

    Shaman King

    ★ 8.6 · 2001
  7. Digimon Tamers
    #7

    Digimon Tamers

    ★ 8.6 · 2001
  8. Leave it to Kero!
    #8

    Leave it to Kero!

    ★ 8.6 · 2000

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Suicide Club premiered alongside 79 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 79 other Japan films in 2001.

The 1385th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
428
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,903 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,276 of 1,933 (top 66%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesOmega Project
Runtime1h 39m
Release DateOctober 29, 2001
IMDbtt0312843