When I Kill Myself

When I Kill Myself(2011)

September 17, 2011
1h 50m
IMDb5.440
TMDB5.04

Overview

Due to the high suicide rate among youths in Japan, the government implements experiments to uncover the causes behind the high suicide rate. Children are selected and placed in a YSC facility under constant surveillance. At the age of 10, the children are then give a detonator with a red switch. They are told if they press the switch they will die immediately. Most of the children under the experiment, eventually presses the switch and dies. After the completion of the experiment 6 kids remain who did not press the switch. The 6 kids are; strong-minded Masami, weak Naoto, hot-tempered Hiro, impulsive Ryota, wheelchair bound Kimiaki and Aiko who is always thinking of her parents. These 6 kids survived even though they were pressured by project manager Tsukuda to press the switch.

Cast

Crew

Director of Photography

Masami Inomoto

Screenplay

Takaya Okamoto

Details

Original Title

スイッチを押すとき

Original Language

ja

Country

Japan

Production

DHE, KDDI, Bungeisha

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