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Gantz: Perfect Answer

2011 · 141 min

A grim, effects-heavy death game that mixes brutal action with existential dread and a slow-building sense of doom.

Directed by: Shinsuke Sato
Genres: Action, Mystery, Science fiction
Starring: Kazunari Ninomiya, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka

Tagline: To continue life, play the game of death…
Overview: Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.

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Directed by: Shinsuke Sato
Genres: Action, Mystery, Science fiction
Starring: Kazunari Ninomiya, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
survival
violence
loyalty
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	7
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: action, mystery, science fiction, horror
Directed by: Shinsuke Sato
Written by: Yusuke Watanabe
Starring: Kazunari Ninomiya, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ayumi Ito, Kanata Hongo, Kensuke Chisaka, Go Ayano, Shigeru Okuse
Music: Kenji Kawai
Cinematography: Taro Kawazu
Runtime: 141 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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