Japan Synopsis
神さまの言うとおり
“Oh my God, please return my tedious everyday.”
High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.
Audience Engagement
432 audience reviews — more than 93% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 82th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with As the Gods Will. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toho Pictures
Thriller + Horror in Japan
90 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding As the Gods Will itself).
The 2013–2015 Japan Window
As the Gods Will holds position #215 of 546 Japan films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when As the Gods Will premiered alongside 186 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.
The 3062nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on As the Gods Will, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- japanese high school · 28
- high school student · 18
- death game · 17
- japanese high school student · 10
- game · 7
- japan · 454
- based on manga · 297
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,728 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Thriller productions specifically: #42 of 324 (top 13%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toho Pictures, OLM, TOHO, dentsu, Kodansha |
| Runtime | 1h 57m |
| Release Date | November 15, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3354222 |