Japan Synopsis
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After a childhood friend's suicide, Hideaki and his former classmates reunite to pay their respects. Soon after, a DVD, marked X arrives revealing a man being tortured, triggering a flashback in Hideaki, reminding him of witnessing a schoolmate being subjected to humiliating batsu (punishment) games. One evening, Hideaki is kidnapped and when he awakens the next day, he discovers he is in a recreation of his old school-room, along with his fellow classmates. Trapped and held captive by mysterious hooded figures, each of them must now play a brutally violent, version of the punishment game, in order to survive.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with X Game. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2009–2011 Japan Window
In the crowded 2009-2011 Japan release window, X Game sits at #370 of 400. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when X Game premiered alongside 136 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2375th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
14 audience reviews — more than 23% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 2th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on X Game, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- punishment game · 1
- bullying · 27
- vigilante · 12
- urban legend · 10
- japan · 454
- revenge · 210
- suicide · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,332 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (5th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #301 of 391 (top 77%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Jolly Roger, Happinet Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 59m |
| Release Date | September 18, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1686330 |
| Official Site | tlareleasing.com |