Complete (J-Drama) Raia Gemu/Liar Game

Complete (J-Drama) Raia Gemu/Liar Game

Title: ライアーゲーム

Title (romaji): Raia Gemu
Title (English): LIAR GAME

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Psychological thriller

Broadcast network: Fuji TV

Season 1

Episodes: 11

Broadcast period: 2007, April 14 to 2007, June 23

Air time: Saturday 23:00

Synopsis

Kanzaki Nao 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, Fujisawa Kazuo. 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, Akiyama Shinichi, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help.

Cast

The Players

Toda Erika as Kanzaki Nao

Matsuda Shota as Akiyama Shinichi

Kitamura Soichiro as Fujisawa Kazuo

Wada Soko as Eto Koichi

Iwasa Mayuko as Ishida Rie

Sakamoto Makoto as Ono Wataru

Morishita Yoshiyuki as Tsuchida Yasufumi

Ippongi Shingo (一本気伸吾) as Makita Tomoyuki

Otaka Hiroo as Kida Noriyuki

Umishima Yuki as Takamura Yoshimi

Doi Yoshio as Sajima Kenta

Nakagome Sachiko as Aso Hiromi

Izumi Masayuki as Okano Kenya

Aoki Hajime as Kinoshita Keigo

Mizuta Fumiko (水田芙美子) as Kawamura Chisato

Hatakeyama Akiko (畠山明子) as Nozoe Keiko

Yukishima Naoki (雪嶋直樹) as Sugawara Yuji

Sakamoto Mitsunari (坂本三成) as Nishino Takahiko

Kobayashi Kinako as Kayama Harumi

Baba Yuki (馬場佑樹) as Hanayama Tetsuo

Yoshimura Tamao (吉村玉緒) as Iimura Jun

Kitahara Hitomi (北原ひとみ) as Nakaya Kazuko

Suzuki Kosuke as Fukunaga Yuji

Suzuki Kazuma as Yokoya

Taguchi Hiroko (田口寛子) as Takada Michiko

Liar Game Team

Watanabe Ikkei as Tanimura Mitsuo

Kichise Michiko as Eri

Haitani Emi (灰谷えみ)

Uchida Yuka (内田ゆか)

Someya Natsuko (染谷夏子)

Kiyama Shigeo (喜山茂雄) as Leronira (voice)

Hiratsuji Tomoko (平辻朝子)

Kitaooji Kinya as Hasegawa

Season 2

Episodes: 9

Broadcast period: 2009, November 10 to 2010, January 19

Air time: Tuesday 21:00

Synopsis

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."

Cast

The Players

Toda Erika as Kanzaki Nao

Matsuda Shota as Akiyama Shinichi

Kikuchi Rinko as Katsuragi Ryo

Suzuki Kosuke as Fukunaga Yuji

Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Nishida Yuichi

Mashima Hidekazu (眞島秀和) as Kikuchi Sho

Hirota Leona as Kosaka Taeko

Yuki Jutta as Makizono Wataru

Morishita Yoshiyuki as Tsuchida Yasufumi

Kyo Nobuo as Kawai Tatsuya

Katagiri Hairi as Taninaka Momoko

Megumi as Otsuka Marie

Harumi Shiho (春海四方) as Yasukawa Norihiko

Oshinari Shugo as Ikezawa Teppei

Takei Emi as Saeki Hiroka

Liar Game Team

Watanabe Ikkei as Tanimura Mitsuo

Kichise Michiko as Eri

Kiyama Shigeo (喜山茂雄) as Solario (voice)

Yuui Ryoko as the dealer

Others

Aoi as student of Katsuragi's class at Teito University

Movie 1

Title: ライアーゲーム　ザ・ファイナルステージ

Title (romaji): Liar Game: The Final Stage

Release Date: 2010, March 06

Synopsis

The Psychological thriller directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama dethroned US movie Percy Jackson and the Olympians at number 2 following its release this week at Japan Box Office. Starring Shota Matsuda and Erika Toda (Death Note). Based on a manga created by Kaitani Shinobu, this movie is set where the 2nd season of the drama series left off. In the first series, a college student Nao Kanzaki is lured into a mysterious game by tricking other players to win. However Nao got tricked by her former sensei, desperate for help, she enlisted the aid of person named Shinichi Akiyama. In the second series, the duo is faced against new opponents with the help of a rival player named Fukunaga . In Liar game: Final Stage, Players are encouraged to trust each other to win the tournament. However, a mysterious player named X is secretly plotting to sabotage everyone of their chances to win the LGT.

Cast

Erika Toda as Kanzaki Nao

Shota Matsuda as Akiyama Shinichi

Seiichi Tanabe

Kosuke Suzuki

YosiYosi Arakawa

Mari Hamada

Toshihiro Wada

Yuki Akimoto

Kento Nagayama

Kazuma Suzuki

Megumi Seki

Michiko Kichise

Ikkei Watanabe

Movie 2

Title: ライアーゲーム -再生-
Title (romaji): Raia Gemu - Saisei -
Title (english): Liar Game: Reborn
Release Date: 2013, March 03
Genre: Thriller

Synopsis

To exact revenge, the Liar Game office is revived. The target is only one person - Shinichi Akiyama (Shota Matsuda). Because of new heroine Shinomiya (Mikako Tabe), Shinichi, 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 2 billion yen. Omega (Makiko Esumi), who revived the game, plays the game at the Liar Game office with Alice (Mana Ashida). Alice sets up the game, chooses the players and sets the traps.

Cast

Shota Matsuda as Shinichi Akiyama
Mikako Tabe as Yu Shinomiya
Mana Ashida as Alice
Makiko Esumi as Omega
Eiko Koike as Emi
Mari Hamada as Mai Sakamaki
Jun Kaname as Kota Akagi
Kosuke Suzuki as Yuji Fukunaga
Kazuma Suzuki as Norihiko Yokoya
Ikkei Watanabe as Mitsuo Tanimura
Eiichiro Funakoshi as Takashi Chohon
Yosuke Kawamura as Makoto Sakai
Yoko Saito as Yukiko Abe
Natsuhi Ueno as Mika Mikamoto
Ako Masuki as Kei Kimura
Hirofumi Arai as Nobuteru Kiryu
George Takahashi as Kenji Sarukawa
Maho Nonami as Eiko Inuzuka
Shihou Harumi as Norihiko Yasukawa
Toshiro Uehara as Akira Tsumura
Tadahiro Aoki as Kakeru Saiki
Ken Maeda as Tetsuya Murata
Takuro Ohno as Tatsuji Wada
Ryo Ryusei as Osamu Shimoharada
Tetsuhiro Ikeda as Takahiro Shima

Special 1

Title: アリス　イン　ライアーゲーム
Title (romaji): Arisu in Raia Gemu
Title (english): Alice in Liar Game 
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 4
Release Date: 2012, March 05 to 2012, March 08

Synopsis

Spin-off drama "Alice in Liar Game" depicts the past history of genius girl Alice (Mana Ashida) and her relationship with Omega (Makiko Esumi) of the Liar Game organization.

Cast

Mana Ashida as Alice
Makiko Esumi as Omega
Hana Hizuki as Rieru
Kosuke Suzuki as Yuji Fukunaga
Usou Ozaki

Special 2

Title: ライアーゲーム -再生- - Fukunaga VS Yokoya 
Title (romaji): Raia Gemu - Saisei - Fukunaga VS Yokoya 
Title (english): Liar Game: Reborn - Fukunaga VS Yokoya 
Release Date: 2013, March 08

Synopsis

Two years after the end of LIAR GAME, Fukunaga (Suzuki Kosuke) receives an invitation to attend a new session of the game and his greed pushes him to accept the offer. He will then find an opponent he knows only too well in Yokoya (Suzuki Kazuma). The two men will compete in a duel called Taboo Game, during which they will have four successive rounds to figure out a way to steal 100 million yen of their opponents money without breaking the taboo.

Cast

Kosuke Suzuki as Yuji Fukunaga

Kazuma Suzuki as Norihiko Yokoya