X Game

X Game

119 mins | Horror | Sept. 18, 2010

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.

X Game

119 mins | Horror | Sept. 18, 2010

X Game
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.
IMDb rating 5.0
Producers Happinet Pictures, JollyRoger
Original title ×ゲーム
Directors Yôhei Fukuda
Writers Yusuke Yamada, Yôichi Minamikawa, Mari Asato

Cast

Kazuyuki Aijima

as Detective Murota

Hirofumi Araki

as Hideaki Kokubo

Shôta Chiyo

as Tsuyoshi Shinjou

Meguru Katô

as Tetsuya Yoshiike

Ayaka Kikuchi

as Rikako Myojin

Masashi Mikami

as Tadashi Ishimatsu

Shingo Tsurumi

as Professor Akama

Haruka Nakagawa

as Tomoe Koizhumi

Ishino Atsushi

as Morino