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.
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
400 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. X Game sits at position #370.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with X Game. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Jolly Roger
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when X Game premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |