

Suicide Bus
1998-08-11 · 101 min · ★ 6.3
A young girl named Mitsuki receives a ticket for a bus tour from her uncle. The tour appears to be normal (expect that everyone appears to be quite sombre), but Mitsuki learns its true purpose: the other passengers and the tour manager have a suicide pact to send the bus over a cliff so their families can collect the insurance money.
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- Directors
- Hiroshi Shimizu
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- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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DankanAragaki
Nanako OkochiMitsuki
Toshinori OmiKimura
Ippei SoudaOzawa
Yoichi NukumizuYashiro
Hiroyuki KishiMochizuki
Ichirō OguraKanda
Takenori MuranoIto
Misayo HarukiFukada
Taro IshidaNoguchiTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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