watched noriko's dinner table today (it's a spore film fest show)
and the show was quite disturbing.. i never knew there was such a thing as a "suicide club" or a "family rental" thing in japan..
it was disturbing cos as the story unfolds, u get to see how scary and unfeeling kumiko (this character in the show) is.. she was abandoned in a locker at a train station.. and from then on, she never believed in a genuine family.. it's quite sad cos all throughout life, kumiko goes on to think that everyone is "role-playing", even to the point of telling this woman that she didnt act convincingly enough when the woman claimed to be kumiko's mother, tho kumiko actually shed tears..
the story shows how happiness can be created, even tho its fake n unreal.. when lonely ppl actually hire a few ppl from the "family rental" company to pretend to be their family.. so that they can enjoy the company of family members..
also, the girls in the show create new identities for themselves when they're not happy with their own/old identity.. completely fake! like how yuka became yoko and then became nameless..
what's v disturbing is that fact that kumiko tells the girls that it's ok to die, as long as ure dying as someone else (ie in a new identity)..
there was this scene where they showed 54 high school girls jumping down onto the train track just before a train drove past! blood splattered everywhere! =/ scary scene!
imagine if that was real.. i dunno.. just v scary to think that there are ppl like that in japan..

"I would like to try sucide oneday im my life but i'm just too scared to actually do it, forming a "suicuide club"just like the movie would seem pretty cool and fun."
got this random quote when i looked at this website www.haikyo.com
apparently there are "suicide clubs" that exist in japan.. they'll meet for a party n drink n get drunk at some place/hotel room.. then they'll close all windows, duct tape it, n turn on the gas etc etc etc n just commit suicide =/ erps!

anyway, to read more abt noriko's dinner table..
http://www.blisty.cz/2005/7/11/art24059.html
haha dont think the summary sounds v disturbing.. but trust me, the film was =/ n it didnt help that the show was almost 3 hrs long! cld have been a bit shorter..