"This film was produced to raise the alarm to the rapid increase in suicide." "Never to aid and abet suicide." "(Briquette -- compressed coal dust for fuel -- burnt to cause carbon monoxide poisoning." "Can you take a shot here?" " Yes." "A grim look." "'Briquette suicide' is regarded as a clean and easy way." "It's not, is it?" "Here we go." ""The Complete Manual of Suicide"" "SUICIDE BULLETIN BOARD [Back] [How to Use] [Search] [Admin]" "REI" " Posted: 14/Jul/03 02:12 "I Got loads of drugs." ----- Longe" " Posted: 14/Jul/03 02:24 "Sell me some." ----- Anon." " Posted: 03/Jun/98 11:05 "I want an easy way." ----- Anon.2" " Posted: 09/Jun/98 23:09 "Briquette, that's the one."" "Anon.3" " Posted: 09/Jun/98 23:45 "How about sleeping pills?" ----- Mika" " Posted: 07/Feb/00 22:47 "Can't breathe and don't want to." ----- Tori" " Posted: 30/Sep/99 07:56 "Die alone!" ----- Saru" " Posted: 30/Sep/99 08:11 "I want company, at least when dying."" "Anon." " Posted: 30/Jun/01 09:39 "I'm going first." ----- Yuko" " Posted: 06/May/97 04:09 "I want to disappear." ----- zen" " Posted: 21/Jul/96 04:49 "I'm always cheated." "Why do I exist?" ----- Anon." " Posted: 21/Jun/00 07:44 "Suicide mates wanted."" ""Ricky, how can I get the DVD?" ----- "Want a sure death with me?" ----- I've chosen briquette." "Anyone?" ""I'm tired of living." ----- "What if I failed?" "That's holding me back." ----- "It's all up to you." "I myself am still alive."" ""I wanna die!" "I wanna die!" "I wanna die!" ----- "Sod off!" ----- I want to die in a forest." "Hello?" "I told you not to ring me at work." "Yes." "I'll certainly take you to Hawaii on holiday." "Yeah, ..........." " Morning, Boss." " Working overnight again?" " Yes." " Long hours don't ensure a good job." "I'll follow your example." "Of course!" "Oh." "Are you getting on okay with that project?" "Er..., it's a bit tough." "What's wrong with a psychic documentary on trendy group suicide?" "I'd rather feature the psychology of the youth committing suicide." "Don't be stupid." "TV viewers wouldn't be happy." "Just get it done." "Let's go, shall we?" "Yeah." " Self-doubt causes suicide, I think." " I agree." "It's an impossible act." "I can't die easily for the sake of my parents." "Any comment on the recent group suicide that took place near here?" "In the flat over there, right?" "Since then, many young people visit here for a thrill." "They cause a nuisance at night." "You'll be told off by Boss." "Don't care." "Get something to please him, instead of those useless interviews." "Shut up." "Aren't you on my side?" "Why don't we go to the suicide spot?" "For what?" "There might be something new going on there." "No." "I can't be bothered to get permission." "You're scared." " You're afraid of being possessed by some evil spirit." " You fool." " I'll just sneak in." "I'm only an assistant director." " Don't!" "I might bring our relationship to light." "Why do you insist on the place?" "For your sake." "Don't know what you mean." "I feel some interesting material is there for you." "OK." "No one, of course." "Let's go in." "Something is here." "What?" "Wait!" "Are you possibly a friend of one of the dead?" "I was in that flat, too." "At the time of the group suicide?" "Did you get scared and run away?" "No." "I was seriously going to die." "I didn't run away." "It's just..." "Yeah?" "...that Ricky didn't turn up." "'Ricky'?" "I thought I could meet her." "I joined in, just to die with her." "Who's 'Ricky'?" "Don't you know her?" "No..." "She's well known in suicide bulletin boards online." "The greatest woman who taught me the freedom and right to die." "She's my goddess." "'Ricky' must be an online nickname." "I can't catch her after the suicide." "I just thought I'd go and confort their souls." "Ricky sent me this DVD, before the suicide." "It's meant only for people serious about committing suicide." "I was really happy to be acknowledged by her." "Hey." "What made you decide to kill yourself?" "Bullying in school?" "Everyone hates and makes a fool of me." ""Just kill yourself!"" "They said that?" "I can read people's minds just by seeing their faces." "You believe you can." "It's true." "I'll take revenge on them after death." "Stop it." "You should respect yourself." "I'm sick of such remarks." "Only Ricky..." "What?" "Only Ricky took me seriously." "To me, she seems playing with suicidal people." "Don't speak ill of her." "You don't know anything." "Enough." "I'm going home." "Sorry!" "I'm sorry." "Can you lend us that DVD?" "I'm interested in Ricky after all." "(Giving her his business card)" "OK." "Thanks." "Contact me if necessary." "I'll listen to you." "All right." "Bye." "Are you not interviewing her?" "I'll probably see her again." "Done!" "Now, then..." "Working late as usual!" "Sorry." "Are you just trying to earn more overtime pay?" "No way." "Here." "I got an appointment for you. 2:00 p.m. at Mihara Shrine." "The spiritualist there deals with suicide spirits." "What are 'suicide spirits'?" "Find out by yourself!" "See you tomorrow." "Hello." "Boss." "Yes." "Sorry." "I'll definitely finish editing by tomorrow." "I'm sorry." ""The Suicide Manual"" "Suicide is an act allowed only to humans." "It is the right granted equally to everyone, just like the right to live." "This is Ricky..." ""Hanging"" "Hanging is the easiest, most reliable and handiest method." "It has been generally used worldwide throughout history." "It is truly the work of art thought up by humans." "Its strongest point is the high success rate." "Unless the rope gets broken, ... unless the tree you hang from gets broken, ... or unless you are found within 10 and a few minutes of hanging, you are most likely to be successful." "In the case of near hanging, ... the lack of oxygen will damage brain cells." "It will cause you some serious aftereffects." "So, please be careful." ""Taking Medicines"" "Basically, there is a working, poisoning and lethal dose for any medicine." "It's not medicine if it cannot kill, some specialists say." "There is no medicine that cannot kill." "Yes." "Hello?" "Is that you?" "'Well...'" "'I want it back now.'" "'The DVD.'" "'I can't relax without it.'" "Shall we meet up tomorrow?" "'You work for AX Television, don't you?" "'" "That's right." "'There's somewhere I wanted to go.'" ""Throwing Yourself In Front Of A Train"" "Railway suicide is a quick and easy method." "At the same time, it is one of the cruellest." "This precious picture was taken at the Chuo Line, a suicide mecca." "The secret to success." "Jump off the platform, then..." "Maybe, spirits are a visible form of memories in mind." "See?" "Do an interview like this." "Simple, isn't it?" "You can do it!" "Boss may be hard on you, ... but he's expecting much from you." "Try your best!" "Thank you." "Sorry." "Yes." "I always wanted to come up here." "This is the highest building around this area." "It always attracted my attention." "I wondered how the view would be." "People, buildings and cars." "They all look so tiny." "From here, everything looks small and meaningless." "Nothing much, after all!" "I thought I could understand Ricky, by being here." "Can you now?" "No." "Maybe, I can't be like her." "Here's the DVD." "I bet you made a copy." "Sorry, I did." "It's all right." "That might be what Ricky wanted." "I feel from you 'something' different from Ricky's." "I don't know what it is, though." ""Jumping From A Height"" "Two things must be checked before you jump off a high rise." "One is the height of the building." "The other is the condition of the impact point." "If you want to die without fail, ... you will need more than 20 metres, ... that is, over the 7th or 8th storey high." "Ricky?" "(At the shrine)" "Now, ... the suicide spirit has left your body, ... and will rest in peace." "The cases of suicide sprits are increasing." "What are they?" "After suicide, souls become suicide spirits, and wander in this world." "The trouble is they possess people and lead them to suicide." "Unaware that they are possessing someone else's body, ... they merge into the soul of the possessed, and commit another suicide." "She was possessed by one." "She attempted suicide with her lover from adultery." "Her lover died and possessed her." "People think death will free them from their hardships." "That's wrong." "The hardships will be intensified tenfold." "Even if suicide spirits reach the next world,  there awaits the 3rd world of hell, exclusively for them." "I wouldn't recommend suicide." "You be careful." "Hello." "'I spoke with Ricky minutes ago.'" "Pardon?" "'After all, I decided to...'" "'I don't enjoy my life, anyway.'" "What are you talikng about?" "'I'm going for 'jumping'. 'Briquette' seems tough.'" "Stop it." "Where are you now?" "'Don't look for me.'" "Hey." "Wait!" "Ricky..." "What the hell's wrong with you?" "How could you not shoot the suicide in your work's premise?" "You were right there!" "So, how can we be beat by our rivals?" "I'm sorry." "You're a bloody professional!" "You live on this job!" "How irritating!" "Say something!" "Are you alive?" "Being alive isn't just breathing." "Hey!" "I can't understand you." "You're the same as the idiots in group suicides." "No." "They're better." "They die on their own initiatives." "You're a scumbag, even with no courage to die." "Right?" "What's that look?" "Come on, challenge me!" "Just go and get some scoops!" "Earlier, a detective shot himself at the police station." "He was in charge of that briquette suicide." "Fishy, isn't it?" "I heard strange DVD copies are distributed among suicides." "Find out what's going on." "This is your last chance." "Looking forward to the outcome." "I  wonder why I'm living." "fumi" " Posted: 23/Jun/03 05:44 "Unwanted for the world = Me" ----- [New Post] [Next 10]" "NAME:" "AX [Post Message] MESSAGE: "Ricky, I heard you're a suicide expert." "Would you email me?"" "Your message has been sent." " Suicide Bulletin Board " "[Go Back]" "[New Post]" "NAME:" "AX [Post Message] MESSAGE: "You reply only to someone serious." "I am serious." "Or, am I just relying on you?" "....."" "AX - "Ricky, could I meet you for some advice?"" "AX - "Ricky, am I selfish?" ----- AX - "Ricky, I don't know what to do." ----- AX: "Ricky, why am I alive?"" "Let him die, if he wants to." "I can't understand  how anyone could die with strangers." "[Inbox]" " You have 1 unread message." ""To AX." "We are meeting up to arrange a successful suicide." "Please come." "From Ricky."" ""Suicide Machine A"" "In ancient India, there was a book on suicide,  to warn against suicide acts, taboo in Buddhism." "Here is one suicide scene described in the book." ""Going Into A Forest"" "You are tired of work or human relations,  and want a quiet and secret death." "Then, you must go into a forest." "It is the most difficult place to find a body,  and yet easiest to access as a suicide spot." "You will go missing and be forgotten eventually." "Well, ..." "Where's Ricky?" "I was invited by her." "It's not only you." "Everyone here was." "What is Ricky like?" "Well, I've never met her." "Have you got her contact details?" "I want to talk to her face to face." "About what?" "Some things." "I see." "What're we going to do?" " I want an easy way." " Yeah, it's better to die without thinking." "Jumping, maybe?" "That's risky." "It's a group suicide." " Yes, it's no good." " Then, what way?" "Taking pills is simple." "Sounds right." " Or insecticide..." " It'd be awful if we failed to die." "You wouldn't, with insecticides." "But sleeping pills could give you a hard time." " Is one box enough?" " Only one?" " Got any other pills?" " No." "Then, what's the best possible way?" "We're going to die in a group, so we should go for briquette." " It's agonizing, I hear." " Pills are worse." " Are they?" " Excuse me..." "I have a question to you all." "Why do you want to kill yourself?" "'Why'...?" "Don't be a wet blanket!" "Why do you, then?" "Me?" "Because of my debt." "No particular reason for me." "I've been bullied, so I can't carry on any more." "I'll die and get back at them." "The bullied will be always bullied, whehter in school or work." "That's why they kill themselves." "Are you serious about suicide?" "Yes." "I am." "This is hydrocyanide,  or potassium cyanide, as you know." "Enough to kill about 10 people." "Shall we die now?" " Anyone else?" " I'll have some." "Me too." "What's up?" "Not drinking it?" "You said you were serious." "Stop being silly!" "This poison is meant to taste like almond." "Nice to try." " Is that so?" " Will this really work?" " You're all crazy!" "I'll just drink from the bottle." " Are you not calling an ambulance?" " No!" "It's too late!" "Excuse me." "Will you give us a lift?" "We don't want to be in trouble." "Besides, we have nowhere to stay for the night." " Well, ..." " Don't worry about me." "Listen." "Promise me not to commit suicide, and I'll pay for a hotel." "We swear not to." "Some coffee to keep you awake." "Thanks." "Hey..." "That coffee is a bit..." "He must be so tired." "The drug's working well." "Die with us, will you?" "Your words are mature, but eyes unsteady." "We may as well check where blood runs out most." "How was last night?" "Awful." "Hey...." "I think I was always looking for a place to die." "To tell you the truth,  I was a suicide maniac." "I always wanted to die." "I couldn't find a reason to live, ..." "I first thought about it in my early teens." "Since then,  I considered suicide many times, and tried various methods." "But I couldn't do well." "As you said,  I'm an idiot with no courage to die." "Boss." "What?" "Would you feature me, if I committed suicide?" "Don't be ridiculous!" "Told you I am." "I found out the maker of the DVD!" "All right." "Is that it?" "I stayed up all night for that." "Thank you." "We occasionally produce videos on the goverment's request." "Why 'The Suicide Manual'?" "It was requested as prevention of suicide." "Suicide cases are on the rise." "The old version wasn't striking enough." "So, we made another to emphasize that suicide is agonizing." "Do you not think it's too extreme?" " Is it?" " Yes..." "We made it suitable even for school kids." "Really?" "Here's the sample copy." "'How are you, everybody?" "I'm fine.'" "'Your life is greater than the earth.'" "'It's the precious gift from your mum and dad.'" "'Stop worrying on your own." "Watch this DVD and cheer up!" "'" ""Life Helpline"" "'The line is open for 24 hours a day." "Here is the number to ring.'" "'Or, why not try the chat room and BBS on the Web site?" "'" "This is "The Suicide Manual"?" "Yes." "Somehow, it got popular even among suicide enthusiasts." "Um..., does it include any scene like many bodies hanged from the ceiling?" "Excuse me?" "The copy I got has such a scene." "No way!" "That can't be right." "Is there any video clip of a real railway suicide?" "Enough!" "Well..." "Disturbingly, it was just like Risa's project." "Who's Risa?" "That girl in our DVD." "Our staff member." "We couldn't afford to hire an actress." "Will you let me watch her version?" "I can't." "It got rejected." "Even any cuttings." "None left." "It was too extreme." "Could I meet her, then?" "That's not possible." "Why?" "She committed suicide a year ago." "Oh..." ""Suicide Machine D"" "This machine is the ultimate and most agonizing method of all suicides explained in the book mentioned earlier." "The glorious person to be executed with it is YOU." "Darling...!" "All right." "I'll die for you." "What?" "I failed to become a TV announcer." "I don't think my life gets any better." "It'll only go down." "I may as well die early." "My dear..." "Let's die together." "You as good as killed me." "I couldn't kill myself." "Got too scared." "Heartless of you." "I loved you." "That's the truth." "But..." "I can't die yet." "I'm sorry." "It's not too late to change your mind." "That's why I made that manual of suicide." "Come on." "You'll die with me, won't you?" "'After suicide, souls become suicide spirits, and wander in this world.'" "'The trouble is they possess people...'" "'...and lead them to suicide.'" "'With their strong emotions,...'" "'...they will possess you to death.'" "'There will be no escape.'" "It is already autumn." "This lonely sea, even though people ignore and walk by it, will not be forgotten by me." "Because this is the sea I swore by that I will never take my life, no matter how heartbroken I am." "It is already autumn." "This lonely sea, even though my only dream didn't come true, will not be forgotten by me." "Because I swore by the sand that I will never take my life, no matter how lonesome I am."