If you want to read my review of Suzuki=Bakudan, read this post. In 爆弾, Suzuki is a broke, dissolute middle-aged man with a dead conscience who, upon being arrested for damage and assault, begins to foresee explosions and reveal crimes.
Suzuki Tagosaku (Jirō Satō) was arrested and to secure his release, he proposed a trade. He would reveal where bombs were set to explode.
“I’m not the one who caused the explosion. My sixth sense just went beep-beep-beep”
Todoroki (Shôta Sometani) was the interrogator in charge. Initially skeptical, he watched Suzuki transform from a rowdy alcoholic into a mass terrorist.
“I don’t call someone a human being if they can hurt others and act like nothing happened.”
Exactly as Suzuki predicted, a bomb exploded in Akihabara, causing terror in the area. In addition to that one, he predicted three more explosions, with the next one due in an hour.
Suzuki=Bakudan: spoiler
The second explosion occurred near the Tokyo Dome, seriously injuring a couple who were jogging, drawing the attention of the First Investigation Division.
“See, I told you.”
Suzuki reveals to Ise (Kan’ichiro) that a schoolmate had been kidnapped and murdered by the teacher, and he had been accused of the crime because he was stalking her at the time.
“I thought, ‘I should have just done myself.'”
Kiyomiya (Atsurō Watabe) and Ruike (Yuki Yamada) arrived to take over the case, and Todoroki was removed from his position, becoming responsible for the security cameras instead.
“Suzuki says he won’t talk to anyone but me, though.”
Armed with the information he possessed, Suzuki begins to toy with the investigators from the Violent Crimes Unit, proposing games and psychological tests.
“Suzuki just brought up the name Hasebe Yukou.
During the mind games, the investigators need to decipher every one of the slightest clues Suzuki gives regarding where the next bombs will go off.
Suzuki=Bakudan: the bomb
When reviewing the film Last Mile, I explained here which terrorist attack led Japan to adopt the policy of not providing public trash cans.
Prior to the attack in question, the same religious sect attempted to infect the population of Tokyo by dropping anthrax from the top of a building.
The terrorist attack was unsuccessful because the group used a strain of the bacteria that was incapable of causing disease in humans.
Why you should watch Suzuki=Bakudan
I won’t leave Look Back ending explained and where to watch depends on your location, but this Japanese movie earned Ryôta Bandô the Newcomer of the Year award at the 49th Japan Academy Film Prize.
And Jirō Satō won best supporting actor at the same ceremony and also at The 68th Blue Ribbon Awards, The 50th Hochi Film Awards, 80th Mainichi Film Awards and The 99th Kinema Junpo Best Ten Awards.
Suzuki=Bakudan trailer
I really feel that you will like this one. So I decided to do this Rukku Bakku review. Go ahead, immerse yourself in the story, the environment and the soundtrack.
And come back later to tell me what you think in the comments. This Japanese film won Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actor at the five major Japanese film awards.
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