Jûni-nin no shinitai kodomo-tachi (2019)

Jûni-nin no shinitai kodomo-tachi: Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. With Hana Sugisaki, Mackenyu, Takumi Kitamura, Mahiro Takasugi. Twelve kids go into an abandoned hospital to give up on life. In the room where they meet, a boy is already lying dead, and no one knows who he is.

“I immediately wanted to watch this after knowing the cast. And I was not disappointed in the acting department of the movie. Iu0026#39;ve seen almost every actor in this movie in really different roles and I was immensely impressed by their acting here. Although, Iu0026#39;m not sure if people who are unfamiliar with the cast will enjoy it as much as I did.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe charactersu0026#39; personalities were very eccentric as most Japanese teens in dark disturbing movies are (which actually makes me wonder: are there really Japanese teens with these dramatic and over-the-top reactions and principles or is this just a reflection of anime/manga characters?). However, each characteru0026#39;s experiences are a great representation of the different reasons for suicide. That was also one of the best parts of the story: how characters have conflicting reasons on why they want to end their life.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe ending, for me, was great but could have been better. However, the actors made it convincing enough for me to accept it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI think the movie was overall beautifully shot although I did feel that they achieved it with struggles. In terms of the pace, itu0026#39;s slow as it should be (maybe a bit too slow in the beginning but it did add some tension). It also felt a little bit incomplete.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn summary:ngood points – fair representation of suicidal teens, cinematography, actingnnot so good points – itu0026#39;s hard to take the situation seriously if youu0026#39;re not familiar with this kind of genre of japanese film (this hardly counts as a con)nbad points – itu0026#39;s not the greatest film but itu0026#39;s on its way to be if they pushed harder (specifically on the ending)”