Liar Game: The Final Stage
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is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama. The film is a continuation of the popular Fuji Television
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

 drama series, Liar Game
Liar Game (TV series)
Liar Game is a Japanese television drama series in 2007. It was adapted from a popular manga, known as the Liar Game, 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...

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It was released in Japan on March 6, 2010 and was subsequently released in Singapore
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 (August 12, 2010) and Hong Kong
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 (October 7, 2010).
Furthermore it has been confirmed that the film will be shown in Macau
Macau
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, Malaysia, Indonesia
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 and Brunei
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Synopsis

Even though being able to withdraw from the Liar Game Tournament, Kanzaki Nao (Toda Erika) decides to join Akiyama Shinichi (Matsuda Shota) and nine other players for the final stage, ”The Garden of Eden game”, which offers a 5 billion yen prize. The players are informed that if all of them can work together, they can all become winners. However, the chances of winning are endangered by a mysterious player known as "Person X".

Cast

  • Toda Erika as Kanzaki Nao
  • Shota Matsuda
    Shota Matsuda
    is a Japanese actor. His parents are the actors Yusaku Matsuda and Miyuki Matsuda, his older brother is the actor Ryuhei Matsuda, and his aunt is the actress Mami Kumagai. Matsuda is 181 cm tall. His father, Yusaku Matsuda was half-Korean, thus Shota and Ryuhei are a quarter Korean.Matsuda has...

     as Akiyama Shinichi
  • Tanabe Seiichi as Sendou Arata
  • Suzuki Koysuke as Fukunaga Yuuji
  • Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Nishida Jirou
  • Hamada Mari as Sakamaki Mai
  • Wada Soukou as Etou Kouichi
  • Akimoto Yuuki as Momose Norika
  • Nagayama Kento as Kuji Satoshi
  • Suzuki Kazuma as Yokoyama Norihiko
  • Megumi Seki
    Megumi Seki
    is a Japanese actress. Her movies include Koi wa Go-Shichi-Go! , Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge and Dragonball Evolution .-TV dramas:*Ganbatte Ikimasshoi...

     as Takeda Yukina
  • Kichise Michiko as Eri
  • Watanabe Ikkei as Tanimura Mitsuo
  • Matsumura Yuuki as Igarashi Mamoru

Theatrical run

Two weeks after the launching of the film, more than one million people had gone to the theatres to watch the film. Moreover, in its opening week the film entered the Japanese box office as number two and consequently stayed in the top ten for another five weeks.

DVD release

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Japan on September 9, 2010. Blu-ray releases include a standard edition and premium edition. The premium edition contains a bonus disc with an all-cast interview, a making of (starring Toda Erika), a real Liar Game featuring twenty-eight female TV-hosts, trailers, stage event, a leaflet and three postcards.
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