LIAR GAME (Liar Game)
Overview
Nao Kanzaki, a student, was blackmailed into joining a "Liar Game" and ended up losing 100 million yen. In order to repay the debt, she enlists the help of Shin'ichi Akiyama, a genius swindler who was only recently released from jail for bankrupting one of Japan's largest scam companies.
Key Crew
Producer: Tōru Shimuta, Yasuyuki Azuma
Top Cast
Shota Matsuda
Shin'ichi Akiyama
Erika Toda
Nao Kanzaki
Michiko Kichise
Eri Samukukwon
Rinko Kikuchi
Ryo Katsuragi
Kosuke Suzuki
Yūji Fukunaga
Ikkei Watanabe
Mitsuo Tanimura
Megumi
Marie Otsuka
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Yasufumi Tsuchida
Seasons
Season 0 (2010)
No overview available.
4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: LIAR GAME X
2010-03-06Episode 2: Fukunaga VS Yokoya
2012-03-03To exact revenge, the Liar Game office is revived. The target is only one person: Shin'ichi Akiyama. Because of new heroine Shinomiya, Shin'ichi, who kept refusing to take part in the game, finds himself in the game. Along with Akiyama, there's 19 other players competing for the prize of two billion yen. Omega, who revived the game, plays the game at the Liar Game office with Alice. Alice sets up the game, chooses the players, and sets the traps.
Runtime: 133 minEpisode 3: Episode 3
2012-02-24Episode 4: Episode 4
2012-03-05
Season 1 (2007)
Nao Kanzaki is an honest college student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million dollars. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Kazuo Fujisawa. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Shin'ichi Akiyama, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2007-04-14A fierce battle of the wits begins over one million dollars. Heart pounding psychological tricks keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 2: Episode 2
2007-04-21What will be the conclusion of the great struggle? What secret plan could Akiyama have up his sleeve to turn the tables?
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 3: Episode 3
2007-04-28A competition for 22 million dollars, decided by minority vote, begins. Could you survive on this new stage?
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 4: Episode 4
2007-05-05X’s identity is revealed at last! In this twist-filled drama, who will come out on top, X or Akiyama?
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 5: Episode 5
2007-05-12Who will claim the $21 million prize in this shocking conclusion? What is the true aim of the Liar Game Tournament? The fight shifts to a new arena.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 6: Episode 6
2007-05-19The surprising revival round begins: Restructuring Game! The ensnared Nao suffers alone, with nowhere to turn.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 7: Episode 7
2007-05-26Driven into a corner, Nao has fallen into despair. Could a miracle turn things around? Where is Akiyama?
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 8: Episode 8
2007-06-02Akiyama works wonders at the Restructuring Game’s conclusion. Onward to the next stage!
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 9: Episode 9
2007-06-09A formidable new enemy appears in the Smuggling Game! Is victory possible? Nao and Akiyama begin to fight in this next round.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 10: Episode 10
2007-06-16Yokoya’s terrifying true nature is revealed in a shocking development. Akiyama is enraged and Nao is devastated in this tumultuous round.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 11: Episode 11
2007-06-23The final game has been prepared. Despair, deception, betrayal, lies… and hope. Each player’s true nature will be revealed, and all of Liar Game’s secrets will become clear in this final encounter. Saturday's Premium Special Project: 3 Hour Special.
Runtime: 143 minEpisode 12: Episode 12
2007-06-23Episode 13: Episode 13
2007-06-23
Season 2 (2009)
The naïve Kanzaki Nao and expert swindler Akiyama Shinichi have not heard anything from the LIAR GAME organization since the end of the previous game, so it seems they may have actually escaped. But Nao suddenly gets another invitation and is once again caught up in the game. This time, she has to team up with Shinichi and one of their previous rivals named Fukunaga, facing off against three more opponents in new games of deception, such as "24 Rensou Russian Roulette" and "17 Poker."
9 episodes
