Liar Game (TV series)
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Liar Game is a Japan
ese 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 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.
Japan
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ese television drama series
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
in 2007
2007 Japanese television dramas
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. It was adapted from a popular manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
, known as the Liar Game
Liar Game
is a Japanese manga series originally written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. The manga was first serialized in 2005 in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha...
, into a live action series directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama. The drama began airing in Japan on April 14, 2007. It featured Erika Toda
Erika Toda
, is a Japanese actress from Kobe. She originally debuted as a gravure model at age 13.She starred in many dramas like Liar Game, Code Blue, Ryusei no Kizuna and Keizoku 2: SPEC. She has had supporting roles in many popular Japanese TV dramas such as BOSS, Nobuta wo Produce, Engine and Gal Circle...
as Nao Kanzaki, and 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 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.
Players
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Toda Erika | Kanzaki Nao (18) | Honest + Naive College Student. |
| Matsuda Shota | Akiyama Shinichi (26) | "Genius Swindler" Ex-convict for bankrupting MLM Company |
| Kitamura Soichiro | Fujisawa Kazuo | Nao's former junior high school teacher (now retired) |
| Wada Soko | Eto Koichi | (leopard skin clothing) |
| Iwasa Mayuko | Ishida Rie | (black sunglasses and white pantsuit) |
| Sakamoto Makoto | Ono Wataru | Fish Store Clerk (thick black rimmed glasses) |
| Morishita Yoshiyuki | Tsuchida Yasufumi | (older, crooked teeth) |
| Ippongi Shingo | Makita Tomoyuki (56) | President of small workshop |
| Otaka Hiroo | Kida Noriyuki (48) | Business Company Clerk |
| Umishima Yuki | Takamura Yoshimi (29) | Housewife |
| Doi Yoshio | Sajima Kenta (34) | Actor |
| Nakagome Sachiko | Aso Hiromi (29) | Truck Driver |
| Izumi Masayuki | Okano Kenya | |
| Aoki Hajime | Kinoshita Keigo | |
| Mizuta Fumiko | Kawamura Chisato (22) | Model |
| Hatakeyama Akiko | Nozoe Keiko (40) | Housewife |
| Yukishima Naoki | Sugawara Yuji (22) | |
| Sakamoto Mitsunari | Nishino Takahiko (32) | Florist Shop assistant |
| Kobayashi Kinako | Kayama Harumi (26) | Restaurant Clerk |
| Baba Yuki | Hanayama Tetsuo (29) | TV Assistant Director |
| Yoshimura Tamao | Iimura Jun (31) | Housewife |
| Kitahara Hitomi | Nakaya Kazuko (21) | College Student |
| Suzuki Kosuke | Fukunaga Yuji | |
| Suzuki Kazuma | Yokoya | (white hair, clothes and shoes, green eyes); connected to MLM company that Akiyama bankrupted |
| Taguchi Hiroko 田口寛子 |
Takada Michiko | Unknown |
Liar Game Tournament
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Kiyama Shigeo | Solario (voice) | Liar Game main dealer |
| Yuui Ryoko | Dealer | |
| Kichise Michiko | Eri | Liar Game coordinator |
| Watanabe Ikkei | Tanimura Mitsuo | Cop with gold front tooth from Nao Kanzaki's city |
Plot
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.Episode List
| Episode # | Title | Original airdate |
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External links
- Official TV Drama Website from Fuji