When I Kill Myself
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.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | スイッチを押すとき |
| Year | 2011 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Director | Ryô Nakajima |
| Runtime | 110 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.0/10 (4 votes) |
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The film constructs a chilling dystopian framework, relying on sterile surveillance aesthetics and the fragility of adolescent psychology. It explores the limits of human endurance within a system designed to manufacture despair, where survival itself becomes an act of rebellion.
What lingers after the credits is not graphic horror, but the unsettling quiet of institutionalized cruelty. A methodical thriller that questions the morality of sacrifice in the name of data — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Ryô Nakajima
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Watch alone late at night with minimal lighting. Best for fans of psychological dystopian tension.
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