LIAR GAME
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Details
- Title: ライアーゲーム
- Title (English): LIAR GAME
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Psychological thriller
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 11.4 (Kanto)
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2007-Apr-14 to 2007-Jun-23
- Air time: Saturday 23:00
- See Liar Game OST for the original soundtrack
Synopsis
Kanzaki Nao is an honest college student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million dollars. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Fujisawa Kazuo. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Akiyama Shinichi, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help. -- Rikayla (Updated by Backalley)
Cast
The Players
- Toda Erika as Kanzaki Nao
- Matsuda Shota as Akiyama Shinichi
- Kitamura Soichiro as Fujisawa Kazuo
- Wada Soko as Eto Koichi
- Iwasa Mayuko as Ishida Rie
- Sakamoto Makoto as Ono Wataru
- Morishita Yoshiyuki as Tsuchida Yasufumi
- Ippongi Shingo (一本気伸吾) as Makita Tomoyuki
- Otaka Hiroo as Kida Noriyuki
- Umishima Yuki (海島雪) as Takamura Yoshimi
- Doi Yoshio as Sajima Kenta
- Nakagome Sachiko (中込佐知子) as Aso Hiromi
- Izumi Masayuki as Okano Kenya
- Aoki Hajime as Kinoshita Keigo
- Mizuta Fumiko (水田芙美子) as Kawamura Chisato
- Hatakeyama Akiko (畠山明子) as Nozoe Keiko
- Yukishima Naoki (雪嶋直樹) as Sugawara Yuji
- Sakamoto Mitsunari (坂本三成) as Nishino Takahiko
- Kobayashi Kinako as Kayama Harumi
- Baba Yuki (馬場佑樹) as Hanayama Tetsuo
- Yoshimura Tamao (吉村玉緒) as Iimura Jun
- Kitahara Hitomi (北原ひとみ) as Nakaya Kazuko
- Suzuki Kosuke as Fukunaga Yuuji
- Suzuki Kazuma as Yokoya
- Taguchi Hiroko (田口寛子) as Takada Michiko
Liar Game Team
- Watanabe Ikkei as Tanimura Mitsuo
- Kichise Michiko as Eri
- Haitani Emi (灰谷えみ)
- Uchida Yuka (内田ゆか)
- Someya Natsuko (染谷夏子)
- Kiyama Shiego (喜山茂雄) as Leronira (voice)
- Hiratsuji Tomoko (平辻朝子)
- Kitaooji Kinya as Hasegawa
Production Credits
- Original writing: Kaitani Shinobu Liar Game (manga)
- Screenwriter: Furuya Osho (古家和尚)
- Producer: Shimuta Toru (志牟田徹)
- Directors: Matsuyama Hiroaki, Oki Ayako (大木綾子), Ueda Yasushi (植田泰史)
- Music: Nakata Yasutaka (中田ヤスタカ)
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: 億の金をめぐる熾烈な頭脳戦がスタート手に汗握るハラハラドキドキ心理トリック
- Ep 02: 話題沸騰の第2話!! 壮絶な戦いの結末は!? 逆転勝利を手にする秋山の秘策とは何だ!?
- Ep 03: 戦慄の第3話!! 22億争奪戦少数決スタート闘いは新たなる舞台に君は生き残れるか!?
- Ep 04: 衝撃の第4話!! 遂にXの正体が明らかに!! Xvs秋山の行方は!?逆転に次ぐ逆転劇!!
- Ep 05: 驚愕の結末!!21億円奪い取るのは誰だ!? LGTの真の狙いは!?戦いは新たな舞台へ!!
- Ep 06: 震撼リストラゲーム敗者復活戦が始まる!! 罠にはまったナオは孤立無援の絶望地獄!!
- Ep 07: 絶体絶命リストラ必至!!絶望地獄に堕ちたナオ!! 奇跡の復活劇は起こるか!?秋山は!?
- Ep 08: 超感動!!核心に迫るナオ!! リストラゲームの結末に秋山は驚嘆!!戦いは新たな舞台へ
- Ep 09: 激震!! 密輸ゲーム!! 謎の強敵が新たに出現 勝てるか!? ナオ・秋山新たな闘いが始まる
- Ep 10: 狂乱の展開!!ヨコヤの正体に愕然、怒号の秋山!! 大号泣のナオ!!息もつかせぬ大波乱
- Ep 11: 最後にとっておきのゲームをご用意致しました …絶望…狡猾…裏切り…嘘そして希望… 今宵、皆様は人間の本性を目撃、ライアーゲームの全ての 謎が明らかになる場面に遭遇するでしょう…ご堪能下さい…レロニラより
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Kanto | Kansai | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 12.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 02 | 12.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 03 | 08.7 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 04 | 09.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 05 | 10.0 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 06 | 11.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 07 | 12.0 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 08 | 11.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 09 | 12.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 10 | 11.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 11 | 13.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
| average | 11.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd. (http://www.videor.co.jp/)
Notes
- On June 23, instead of running in its regular 11:10-11:55 time slot, the final episode aired from 9:00 to 11:55, extending it to three hours. This is a first for a drama series, no serialized drama has ever had a finale extended to 3 hours. - Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-1117)
- It got the second-highest viewer satisfaction rating in an Oricon survey. - Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-1117)
External Links
- Official site (http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/liargame/)
- Japanese Wikipedia
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