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The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage

Original title

Jisatsu manyuaru (The Manual)

Year

2003

Running time

82 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Osamu Fukutani

Screenwriter

Hiroshi Kanno, Osamu Fukutani

Cast

Music

Masatoshi Nishimura

Cinematography

Masakazu Oka

Producer

Amumo K.K, Benten Entertainment, Breath

Genre

Horror. Mystery. Thriller | J-Horror. 1990s

Synopsis

After the group suicide of four people, journalists Yuu and Rie investigate the reasons behind an endless cycle of suicides, blamed on an infamous Suicide Manual, hidden in a tag-less DVD disk. Said manual is shot in an infomercial fashion, with examples of the best methods to kill yourself and demonstrations by real people. When investigating further, Yuu and Rie find out that in Buddhist beliefs, when a person kills himself, he or she is sent to a certain hell, from which they induce other people to commit suicide. But is this what is really happening?

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The Manual

2003

Osamu Fukutani