As the Gods Will

"Oh my God, please return my tedious everyday."

2014 1h 57m JA

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7.1

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6.3

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★7.1TMDB · 593🥫57%Rotten Tomatoes★6.3IMDB · 9,190

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Synopsis

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High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.

“Oh my God, please return my tedious everyday.”

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Cast

Sota Fukushi
Takahata Shun
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Amaya Takeru
Hirona Yamazaki
Akimoto Ichika
Mio Yuki
Takase Shouko
Jingi Irie
Oku Eiji
Shota Sometani
Satake
Nao Omori
Takumi
Nijiro Murakami
Kikkawa Haruhiko

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takashi Miike
Writers: Hiroyuki Yatsu
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Takashi Miike, shot by Nobuyasu Kita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Koji Endo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kenji Yamashita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Sota Fukushi and Ryunosuke Kamiki and Hirona Yamazaki carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Oh my God, please return my tedious everyday.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3354222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Takashi Miike directs. Nobuyasu Kita behind the camera. Koji Endo scores. Kenji Yamashita cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 12 years ago.
2Directed by Takashi Miike, shot by Nobuyasu Kita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Koji Endo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Kenji Yamashita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Sota Fukushi and Ryunosuke Kamiki and Hirona Yamazaki carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Oh my God, please return my tedious everyday.".
7IMDB entry: tt3354222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 16 different titles around the world.