Synopsis
High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.
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Director & Writers
Takashi Miike
Director
Hiroyuki Yatsu
Screenplay
Cast
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Amaya Takeru
Hirona Yamazaki
Akimoto Ichika
Mio Yuki
Takase Shouko
Jingi Irie
Oku Eiji
Shota Sometani
Satake
Nao Omori
Takumi
Nijiro Murakami
Kikkawa Haruhiko
Dori Sakurada
Class President
Lily Franky
Homeless Man
Sota Fukushi
Takahata Shun
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