Japan Synopsis
王様ゲーム
One night, Chiemi Honda and childhood friend Nobuaki Kanazawa receive an email. The sender is the King and the subject of the email is "King Game." The email states that if the recipient does not complete the king's order within 24 hours then they will be punished. Since that first email all of Chiemi's classmates receive an email from the King. At first, students think it's a joke, but perform the orders anyways. Gradually, the orders become worse. Finally, 2 classmates who do not follow the orders are punished. Then classmates start to disappear in sequence. Maria Iwamura stares at one classmate coldly. With Maria Iwamura, Chiema Honda gets closer to uncovering the identity of the King, but tragedy is about to come to Chiemi..
The 2010–2012 Japan Window
441 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Ousama Game sits at position #317.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ousama Game premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,371 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (26th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #136 of 391 (top 35%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Runtime | 1h 22m |
| Release Date | December 17, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt1986089 |