From: kishik@parkcity.ne.jp
"Ping Kuo" wrote in message
news:290920052200262626%removeantispam*pkuo@earhlink.net...
> In article , dareka
> wrote:
>> > Lost Paradise: the novel, together w/ the adapted manga and live
>> > movie, increase the Japan suicide rate for a period of times.
>
>> IIRC, the movie featured 役所広司 and the story is about adultery.
>
> the ending made suicide seems romantic and cool, and the increase of
> suicide rate is real, although it would be hard to prove a direct link
> since it worked on a subliminal level,
>
> Japanese society, and to an extension, most human beings, are quite
> impressable, we are talking a society which has some young teen girls
> idolized Ai Ijima and want to be AV/porn actress when they grow up
> after reading her bio and watch the adapted movie. would they
> actually do it when they grow up? probably not, but to even entertain
> the thought...
>
> on a separate note, Japan has one of the higher suicide rate among the
> industry nations, 90,000+ people did so last year?
30K died. While 9K+ people died for car accident.
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