Suzuki=Bakudan

Suzuki=Bakudan

Directed by Akira Nagai

Produced by Warner Bros. Japan, AOI Pro.

2025136 min7.5 / 10

A tense, psychologically intricate interrogation thriller that traps viewers in a claustrophobic room with an enigmatic suspect, oscillating between paranoia and uncertainty.

An unemployed man named Suzuki is taken in by police after breaking a booze vending machine. When he predicts the explosions of two bombs and claims there are more, the police start to investigate him as a terrorist. However, Suzuki first claims to know about the bombs through psychic clairvoyance, and then claims he was hypnotized to forget. He gives hints about the bombs with riddles while riling up his interrogators, especially senior detective Kiyomiya and his junior Ruike. Things seem to be connected to a disgraced cop named Hasebe, who committed suicide after a scandal some years ago. But is Suzuki actually the perpetrator behind the bombs or not?

Questions people ask

  • Is Suzuki=Bakudan scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does Suzuki=Bakudan end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Suzuki=Bakudan easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Suzuki=Bakudan sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Suzuki=Bakudan violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

90/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity89

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise93

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love88

How much audiences actually like it

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