India’s Romeo and Juliet tragedy
This is an article about two young lovers, who committed suicide when their communities put pressure on them.
A sweet and funny suicide story (Ashita no Kita Yoshio reviewed)
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Ashita no Kita Yoshio (Japan, 2008)
Finished Watching: Saturday, 20th June 2009
Runtime: 11 episodes (45min. each)
Director: Ten Shimoyama (ep1-2,5,7,10-11), Manabu Asou (ep3-4), Yoshishige Miyake (ep6,9), Akira Hibino (ep8)
Cast: Fumiyo Kohinata, Ryuhei Matsuda, Manami Konishi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Jun Kaname
Network: Fuji TV, KTV
Plot: Kita Yoshio has decided to commit suicide in 11 days. He meets [...]
Haizhu Bridge or where to commit suicide in China
This is an article about a recent event on Haizhu Bridge. It’s a place that suffers from frequent traffic jams caused by would-be suicide jumpers (they very rarely actually jump). Apparently one of the people in the traffic jam got impatient and pushed the would-be jumper off (onto an emergency air cushion - the jumper [...]
More on US Veterans
This clip starts with pretty much the same material as in my previous post, but it gets into way more detail.
