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The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping

2024 · 1 season

A cool, coiled psychological cat-and-mouse game that keeps you leaning in, watching two wounded schemers trade moves.

Created by
Kosuke Suzuki
Genres
Mystery, Drama
Overview
Shunsuke Sakuma works with numerous clients as a planner for an advertising agency. He is somewhat of a mysterious man and popular with women. He deals with his work and his personal life in the same manner, like he is playing a game. He is currently working on a large project involving a car company. The project is progressing well, but he is suddenly excluded from the project by the car company's vice president, Katsutoshi Katsuragi. Shunsuke Sakuma’s pride is wounded from his exclusion and he becomes extremely upset at that. He happens to meet Juri Katsuragi who is Katsutoshi Katsuragi’s daughter. She also holds a grudge against her father. Shunsuke Sakuma and Juri Katsuragi decides to team up to get revenge. They take part in a kidnapping game.
How it feels
Tense, dark, cynical and satirical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Revenge, power, betrayal, deception
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Created by
Kosuke Suzuki
Genres
Mystery, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
mystery, drama
Created by
Kosuke Suzuki
Written by
Hiroyuki Komine
Starring
Kazuya Kamenashi, Ai Mikami, Atsuro Watabe, Mariko Akama, Sayuri Matsumura, Yuki Izumisawa, Yusuke Hirayama, Kouhei Takeda
Music
Kei Haneoka
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 60 min each
Network
WOWOW Prime
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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