

X Game
2010-09-18 · 119 min · ★ 5.2
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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- Directors
- Yôhei Fukuda
- Production companies
- Jolly Roger, Happinet Pictures
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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Kazuyuki AijimaDetective Murota
Hirofumi ArakiHideaki Kokubo
Shota ChiyoTsuyoshi Shinjou
Meguru KatôTetsuya Yoshiike
Shingo TsurumiProfessor Akama
Haruka NakagawaTomoe KoizhumiTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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