X Game

2010 1h 59m JA

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5.2

MID

★5.2TMDB · 18

Horror

Synopsis

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After a childhood friend's suicide, Hideaki and his former classmates reunite to pay their respects. Soon after, a DVD, marked X arrives revealing a man being tortured, triggering a flashback in Hideaki, reminding him of witnessing a schoolmate being subjected to humiliating batsu (punishment) games. One evening, Hideaki is kidnapped and when he awakens the next day, he discovers he is in a recreation of his old school-room, along with his fellow classmates. Trapped and held captive by mysterious hooded figures, each of them must now play a brutally violent, version of the punishment game, in order to survive.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kazuyuki Aijima
Detective Murota
Hirofumi Araki
Hideaki Kokubo
Shota Chiyo
Tsuyoshi Shinjou
Meguru Katô
Tetsuya Yoshiike
Ayaka Kikuchi
Rikako Myojin
Masashi Mikami
Tadashi Ishimatsu
Shingo Tsurumi
Professor Akama
Haruka Nakagawa
Tomoe Koizhumi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yôhei Fukuda
Writers: Yôichi Minamikawa, Mari Asato
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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2 / 5

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Kazuyuki Aijima and Hirofumi Araki and Shota Chiyo carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1686330 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yôhei Fukuda directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 16 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Kazuyuki Aijima and Hirofumi Araki and Shota Chiyo carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt1686330 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.