X Game

X Game

2010 · 119 min · ★ 5.2 · Horror

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.

Directed by Yôhei Fukuda · Written by Mari Asato

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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
Ishino Atsushi Morino

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