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!
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Tag
Trailer Tag
Tag - is about a quiet high school girl named Mitsuko (Reina Triendl) who survives a wind that blew through her school's open-top bus, cutting the others on board in half. The wind relentlessly chased her and killed all the other girls she came into contact with. Then, she accidentally entered a high school campus and hid here. But she is constantly targeted by mysterious ghosts such as the pig-faced groom and the gun-wielding teacher. Who is behind this mysterious series of events? Let's follow Mitsuko's journey in the devil game!
Director: Sion Sono
Screenwriter: Sion Sono
Cast: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano
Duration: 85 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Status: Completed
Genre: Death Game
Year of release: 2015
Country: Japan
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As The Gods Will
Trailer As The Gods Will
As The Gods Will - is a movie about high school student Shun Takahata (Sota Fukushi) who spends most of his time playing violent video games. One morning at school, he was complaining that his life was boring as usual, suddenly the teacher's head was blown off and a talking Daruma doll appeared, Shun and the rest of the class were forced to participate. into a deadly game Daruma-san ga koronda, in which students are killed one by one if detected moving. After surviving, Shun was forced to participate in other games with high school students across Japan. Who is behind this?
Director: Takashi Miike
Screenwriter: Hiroyuki Yatsu
Actors: Sota Fukushi, Kamiki Ryuunosuke, Hirona Yamazaki
Duration: 117 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Status: Completed
Genre: Death Game
Year of release: 2014
Country: Japan
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Alice In Borderland
Trailer Alice In Borderland
Alice In Borderland - is a Japanese science fiction horror series. The film revolves around people trapped in a land parallel to the current city of Tokyo but long abandoned. Here, they must try to pass each game that challenges their lives. When winning, each person is given an additional number of days to survive and must continue to participate in new games to have more time to survive, but if they lose, they will die on the spot. In this seemingly lifeless space, how should they escape?
Director: Sato Shinsuke
Screenwriter: Watabe Yoshiki, Kuramitsu Yasuko, Sato Shinsuke
Actors: Yamazaki Kento, Tsuchiya Tao, Morinaga Yuki
Duration: 50 minutes/episode
Number of episodes: 16/ 2 parts
Status: Completed
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Drama
Release year: 2020 & 2022
Country: Japan
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Da Capo Shimasen Ka
Trailer Da Capo Shimasen Ka
Da Capo Shimasen Ka - is a film about eight men and women who are deeply in debt and have no motivation to continue living. Eight people with different worries are approached by a mysterious man named Ninomiya, an agent of Mr. X, please come play "game of life and death" at an ancient hotel. After each game, one person will die but those who are still alive will receive a lot of bonuses. In particular, Mr. X also infiltrated into one of the eight of them. Mr. Who is X? What is the purpose of the game? Who is the last survivor?
Director: Ueda Jin, Ouchi Takahiro, Matsuura Takeshi
Screenwriter: Akimoto Yasushi, Hokimoto Shinya, Tsuruga Rei, Ohta Morinobu
Actors: Takeda Tetsuya, Inoo Kei, Makita Sports
Duration: 55 minutes/episode
Number of episodes: 10
Status: Completed
Genre: Horror, suspense, death
Release year: 2023
Country: Japan
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The Werewolf Game: The Beast Side
Trailer The Werewolf Game: The Beast Side
The Werewolf Game: The Beast Side - tells the story of 10 high school students including Yuka Kabayama (Tao Tsuchiya) who are suddenly led to a room and have to play a werewolf game. Yuka Kabayama has the wolf tag. She must hide that secret and kill each player with the villager card. Yuka Kabayama is so excited by her challenge, she has to trick the others so they don't get suspicious and execute her. A girl who looks weak but is willing to kill to live, can she survive to the end and escape the game?
Director: Izuru Kumasaka
Screenwriter: Ryo Kawakami
Actors: Tao Tsuchiya, Aoi Morikawa, Misato Aoyama
Duration: 112 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Status: Completed
Genre: Horror, suspense, death
Year of release: 2014
Country: Japan
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