Top 11 Best Japanese Survival Game Movies
The survival game movie genre has never shown signs of cooling down among movie fanatics. Brain hacking games that require intense mental competition, intelligence, strategy, and have a life-or-death nature always bring extraordinary attraction. It would be a mistake if we did not mention the Japanese survival film genre, which is considered the origin of the survival game film genre in Asia. Join Top Share in taking a look at the 11 best Japanese films about survival!
1
The Werewolf Game: Villagers Side
The Werewolf Game: Villagers Side
The Werewolf Game: Villagers Side is a movie about Airi (Nanami Sakuraba) who is a high school girl. On her way home from school, she was kidnapped. When she woke up, she found herself and 9 students also kidnapped to a strange place. They are forced to participate in the werewolf game and must survive to the end. Airi receives the villager card, she is forced to find those who carry the wolf card and execute them before it is too late. However, frightened by the deaths of her friends killed and executed by wolves, she is gradually losing her composure as suspicion prevails.
Director: Izuru Kumasaka
Screenwriter: Ryo Kawakami, Izuru Kumasaka, Miyako Narutono
Actors: Nanami Sakuraba, Taiga Nakano, Seika Taketomi
Duration: 110 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Status: Completed
Genre: Horror, suspense, death
Year of release: 2013
Country: Japan
2
Zero: The Bravest Money Game
Trailer Zero: The Bravest Money Game
Zero: The Bravest Money Game is a film about Zero Ukai (Shigeaki Kato), a middle school teacher at a private academy. In life, he is a kind person and helps the weak. Zero Ukai participates in a survival game. The game takes place at an amusement park under construction. Those participating in the game must risk their lives, but the winner will receive 100 billion yen. The participants can be friends or enemies at any time. With his kindness, can Ukai survive to the end?
Director: Syunpei Maruya, Satoru Nakajima
Screenwriter: Nobuyuki Fukumoto, Shinji Obara
Actors: Nanami Sakuraba, Taiga Nakano, Seika Taketomi
Duration: 55 minutes/episode
Number of episodes: 10
Status: Completed
Genre: Horror, suspense, death
Year of release: 2018
Country: Japan
3
Cinderella Game
Trailer Cinderella Game
Cinderella Game - is a movie about Sana Haitani (Kasumi Yamaya) who is a member of an idol group. She is pursuing the dream of her deceased sister, who always wanted to become a top idol. Unfortunately, Sana's idol group has disbanded. She was then kidnapped and taken to a deserted island with other female idols. What awaits her are card battles. If she wins the card battle with the other kidnapped female idols, she can become a top idol. But, if Sana loses, she will die.
Director: Hayato Kano
Screenwriter: Junpei Arai, Ami Inagawa
Actors: Kasumi Yamaya, Miku Yoshida, Meiku Harukawa
Duration: 77 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Status: Completed
Genre: Death Game
Year of release: 2016
Country: Japan
4
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Trailer Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler- tells the story of Kaiji Ito (Seiji Okuda), who cannot find a stable job because the country is in a recession. Kaiji's endless misery continues until he receives a surprise visit from a loan shark named Endo, who wants to collect on the outstanding debt that Kaiji carelessly signed over to his former colleague. Endo offers Kaiji two options - either spend ten years paying off this outstanding debt, or board the gambling ship. The rest of the movie takes place on this mysterious ship, where Kaiji must overcome games to receive a reward of a huge amount of money.
Director: Toya Sato
Screenwriter: Mika Omori
Actors: Seiji Okuda, Toshio Nakatani, Naoto Fujimura
Duration: 129 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Status: Completed
Genre: Death Game
Year of release: 2009
Country: Japan
5
Battle Royale
Trailer Battle Royale
Battle Royale - is a science fiction film depicting the time when the Japanese government passed the "BR Act" to limit juvenile delinquency throughout the country. One year later, Shuya's (Fujiwara Tatsuya) class organizes a field trip, after which they are gassed and taken to a deserted island. It is explained to the class that their class has been chosen to participate in the annual Battle Royale created by the Act: they have three days to fight to the death until there is a final winner; Bomb necklaces will kill opposing students or those standing in the "danger zone". Each student is given food, a map, furniture, and a random weapon.
Director: Fukasaku Kinji
Screenwriter: Fukasaku Kenta
Actors: Fujiwara Tatsuya, Maeda Aki, Yamamoto Taro
Duration: 113 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Status: Completed
Genre: Death Game, Science Fiction
Year of release: 2000
Country: Japan
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