Truth or Doubt (Japanese television program)
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was a Japan
ese quiz TV show copyrighted by Nippon Television Network
. It started on April 3, 2004 and was broken off on March 29, 2005.
Shosuke Tanihara
is the presenter of this programme. Every time, there are four or five celebrities
as game players. The players tell their own stories which are true, but sometimes there would be made-up stories. There are two types of game card
s; one is blue-coloured
"TRUE CARD (トゥルーカード)" and the other is red-coloured "DOUBT CARD (ダウトカード)." When the players tell true stories, they use "TRUE CARDs," and when they are not true, players use "DOUBT CARDs." For each confession, other players guess that the story is true or made-up. If they think the story is not true, they point out, and it is truly false, he/she can reduce one card, but if the player wrongly point out, the card will be added as the penalty. Finally, when the player can eliminate all the cards, he/she will be the winner. The player who is good at conversation tactics usually wins the game. The programme's name is a Wasei-eigo
pun on "coming out (カミングアウト)," in the sense of revealing secrets.
-like stories. When those stories are true, other players get greatly surprised. If it is genuine crime, TV watchers also get astonished, and the statements can become social problems as celebrities' scandal
s.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese quiz TV show copyrighted by Nippon Television Network
Nippon Television
is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...
. It started on April 3, 2004 and was broken off on March 29, 2005.
Shosuke Tanihara
Shosuke Tanihara
is a Japanese actor probably best known outside of Japan for his portrayal of Riki Fudoh in Fudoh: The New Generation.Tanihara hosts Tokyo Twenty-Four Living Supported by FLET’S Hikari, a podcast produced by TOKYO FM...
is the presenter of this programme. Every time, there are four or five celebrities
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
as game players. The players tell their own stories which are true, but sometimes there would be made-up stories. There are two types of game card
Trading card
A trading card is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing and a short description of the picture, along with other text...
s; one is blue-coloured
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
"TRUE CARD (トゥルーカード)" and the other is red-coloured "DOUBT CARD (ダウトカード)." When the players tell true stories, they use "TRUE CARDs," and when they are not true, players use "DOUBT CARDs." For each confession, other players guess that the story is true or made-up. If they think the story is not true, they point out, and it is truly false, he/she can reduce one card, but if the player wrongly point out, the card will be added as the penalty. Finally, when the player can eliminate all the cards, he/she will be the winner. The player who is good at conversation tactics usually wins the game. The programme's name is a Wasei-eigo
Wasei-eigo
are Japanese pseudo-Anglicisms: English constructions not used in the English-speaking world or by native English speakers, but that appear in Japanese. This should not be confused for foreign words gairaigo, which generally refer to words from European languages, especially American English...
pun on "coming out (カミングアウト)," in the sense of revealing secrets.
Problems
Revealers sometimes tell crimeCrime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
-like stories. When those stories are true, other players get greatly surprised. If it is genuine crime, TV watchers also get astonished, and the statements can become social problems as celebrities' scandal
Scandal
A scandal is a widely publicized allegation or set of allegations that damages the reputation of an institution, individual or creed...
s.