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Six Lying University Students

2024 · 113 min

A tense, talky psychological game where polite conversation slowly turns into a pressure cooker of suspicion and self-interest.

Directed by: Yuichi Satoh
Genres: Mystery
Starring: Minami Hamabe, Eiji Akaso, Hayato Sano

Overview: The setting is a recruitment examination for an IT company, there are six finalists who are given the task to build a team and hold a discussion in one month's time. So, they deepen their interaction with each other so that all to receive offers. But soon they will find that the assignment has been changed and there will be only one succeosor. 6 envelopes are found in the discussion room which contain accusations of the "crimes" of each of the six. Who is the liar? The ultimate psychological battle begins.

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Directed by: Yuichi Satoh
Genres: Mystery
Starring: Minami Hamabe, Eiji Akaso, Hayato Sano

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
ambition
betrayal
work
identity
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: single location
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: mystery
Directed by: Yuichi Satoh
Written by: Koichi Yajima
Starring: Minami Hamabe, Eiji Akaso, Hayato Sano, Mizuki Yamashita, Yuki Kura, Sho Nishigaki, Ryo Kimura, Seina Nakata
Music: Naoki Sato
Cinematography: Yasushi Hanamura
Runtime: 113 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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