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Liar Game

Liar Game

20077.72 Seasons20 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Nao Kanzaki is a college student who is known for her honesty and naivete. One day, she receives a black postcard indicating that she has been selected to participate in the "Liar Game Tournament". Along with the postcard is a box with 100 million yen. The goal of the first round of the game is to trick the other player out of their hundred million yen. At the end, the winner would get to keep the hundred million earned, and the loser owes the LGT 100 million yen, which "will be collected by any means and at all costs".

Created by Yasutaka Nakata
Written by Yasutaka Nakata, Tsutomu Kuroiwa, Michitaka Okada
Produced by Tōru Shimuta, Yasuyuki Azuma
NetworksFuji TV

Top Cast

Erika Toda

Erika Toda

Nao Kanzaki

Shota Matsuda

Shota Matsuda

Shin'ichi Akiyama

Michiko Kichise

Michiko Kichise

Eri Samukukwon

Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi

Ryo Katsuragi

Kosuke Suzuki

Kosuke Suzuki

Yūji Fukunaga

Ikkei Watanabe

Ikkei Watanabe

Mitsuo Tanimura

MEGUMI

MEGUMI

Marie Otsuka

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yasufumi Tsuchida

Hairi Katagiri

Hairi Katagiri

Momoko Taninaka

Shihou Harumi

Shihou Harumi

Norihiko Yasukawa

Themes & Keywords

japansecret organizationfriendshipgeniuspsychopathrevengedeceptionbetrayaldebtscambased on mangagameex-conlyingmind gamedrastic change of lifestrategy gamemind gamesintellectual gamecheat each otherdeceivechance to make big bucks

About Liar Game

Liar Game is a drama, crime series that first aired in 2007 exploring themes of japan, secret organization, friendship, genius, psychopath, revenge. Created by Yasutaka Nakata, it stars Erika Toda, Shota Matsuda, Michiko Kichise. Nao Kanzaki is a college student who is known for her honesty and naivete. One day, she receives a black postcard indicating that she has been selected to participate in the "Liar Game Tournament". Along with the postcard is a box with 100 million yen. The goal of the first round of the game is to trick the other player out of their hundred million yen. At the end, the winner would get to keep the hundred million earned, and the loser owes the LGT 100 million yen, which "will be collected by any means and at all costs".

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