Liar Game (2007 TV series)
| Liar Game (ライアーゲーム) |
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|---|---|
| Genre | Drama, Live Action, Psychological |
| Directed by | Hiroaki Matsuyama |
| Starring |
Erika Toda Shota Matsuda |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 11 episodes |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Shimuta Toru (志牟田徹) |
| Location(s) | Japan |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fuji Television (Japan) |
| Original release | 14 April – 23 June 2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Liar Game: Season 2 |
| External links | |
| Website | wwwz |
Liar Game is a Japanese television drama series in 2007. It was adapted from a popular manga of the same name into a live action series directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama. The drama began airing in Japan on April 14, 2007. It featured Erika Toda as Nao Kanzaki, and Shota Matsuda as Shinichi Akiyama. The first season of Liar Game has 11 episodes, with a 3 hour long finale, which is a first for a drama series. It has also gained the second highest viewer satisfaction rating, for the season, in an Oricon survey.
Nao Kanzaki (Toda Erika), 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 (about $1,000,000). 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 (Liar Game Tournament office) 100 million yen, which "will be collected by any means and at all costs". Initially, she was frightened by this disturbing game, but was soon relieved when she discovered that her opponent was her second year junior high school teacher, Mr. Fujisawa. Because of her honest personality, Nao was easily tricked into giving Mr. Fujisawa her 100 million yen. She was devastated and reached out to police for help. The police could not help her and suggested that she ask help from Shinichi Akiyama (Matsuda Shota), a genius swindler who was recently released from jail for single-handedly bankrupting one of the biggest scamming companies in Japan. After learning the story from Nao, Akiyama decided to help her to win this Liar Game.
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