mind control in japanese cinema

[iyobe kiwa]

another aum-like cult's mind control/mass suicide film is kore-eda's 
"DISTANCE" (2001).  

tezuka makoto's "hakuchi" (1999) takes up those two themes as well.  asano 
tadanobu's character is shown repeatedly trying to hang himself in it while 
living in this bizarre neo-WW2 japan that is controlled by a monolithic 
television station and its star idol.

not really an example of mind-control, but there's high school suicide in 
toyota toshiaki's "aoi haru" (2001).  sorry i don't know the english titles 
for these films.

cheers, 
kiwa iyobe

>From: "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>
>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Re: mind control in japanese cinema
>Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 9:44:57 +0900
>

_________________________________________________________________
HP ???????????????????? MSN ????  
http://onamae.msn.co.jp/ 
-------------- next part --------------
An embedded message was scrubbed...
From: "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>
Subject: Re: mind control in japanese cinema
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 9:44:57 +0900
Size: 3842
Url: http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20031028/1028ca6b/attachment.mht