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Friends Games: The Movie

2017 · 97 min

A nerve-stretching psychological game where every friendly smile hides a calculation, keeping you guessing who to trust until the end.

Directed by
Jirô Nagae
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Ryo Yoshizawa, Rio Uchida, Yuki Yamada
Tagline
In order to win the Friends Game, you can't doubt your friends.
Overview
This is a continuation of Friends Games. Now the group of friends realises they have fallen into this game and they are in the second set of game, Kageguchi Sugoroku. Will Katagiri Yuichi find out who led them into this deceptive game between money and friends?

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Jirô Nagae
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Ryo Yoshizawa, Rio Uchida, Yuki Yamada
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • friendship
  • deception
  • greed
  • survival
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
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Written by
Jirô Nagae, Yoshitsugu Sagami
Starring
Ryo Yoshizawa, Rio Uchida, Yuki Yamada, Shimon Okura, Nagi Nemoto, Yuuka Ueno, Amatsuki, Yuki Kubota
Music
Kuniyuki Morohashi
Runtime
97 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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