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Release Date:
September 18, 2010
Original Title:
×ゲーム
Alternate Titles:
Batsu gêmu
X gêmu
X게임
×ゲーム(バツゲーム)
엑스 게임
엑스게임
Genres:
Horror
Production Companies:
Happinet Pictures
Jolly Roger
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 119
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.
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Book:
Yusuke Yamada
Director:
Yôhei Fukuda
Makeup Artist:
Mariko Hondo
Kyôko Soya
Screenplay:
Mari Asato
Yôichi Minamikawa
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