Article: Top 10 Japanese Movies Based On Survival/ Mind Games

The days of low-budget spin-offs appear to be over thanks to a new generation of Japanese filmmakers who grew up playing games. Big studios are now spending time and money making the video game-based movies they deserve. The 10 video game-based movies are listed below. They must accurately represent their subject matter and be based on a specific game, not just be set in a fictional video game universe. Here are 10 incredible Japanese movies based on games.

1. Battle Royale

It was so contentious due to the severe violence committed by high school kids that many nations refused to release it. The movie and the novel it was based on, Koushun Takami, were both attempts at being outlawed by the Japanese government. That merely increased the suspense. It is set in the future and centres on 42 ninth graders who are coerced by a totalitarian regime into fighting to the death. They are delivered to a desolate island with a map, supplies, and some weapons. The most well-known cast member was Beat Takeshi, who played the teacher, while Tatsuya Fujiwara portrayed the protagonist Shuya. Both appeared in the sequel, but regrettably, just one scene with Kitano was shot before director Fukasaku passed away from prostate cancer.

 

2. Liar Game

Liar Game was one of the most popular Japanese dramas of 2007, with a three-hour finale. Two movies and a second season of the well-liked manga adaption by Shinobu Kaitani were released after it (Liar Game: The Final Stage and Liar Game: Reborn). Additionally, a successful Korean adaptation of the drama, Alice in Liar Game, starring Mana Ashida, was produced. Erika Toda plays Nao Kanzaki, the main character, in the first season of the show. She is a gullible college student who has been granted $100,000,000 to participate in an unidentified game. After a month, she must return the money, but not before she faces a rival who has the potential to steal it from her or the other way around.

 

3. Kaiji 

Kaiji It is a character who is in dire financial straits, such like Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game. He was already struggling financially, and now his roommate has left, leaving him with large bills. He reluctantly accepts the challenge of a series of risky games played on a cruise ship, starting with a complex game of rock, paper, scissors. His financial problems will be solved if he can continue to win; if he loses, he will be made to perform slave work. The manga series by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, which was first released in 1996, developed a cult-like following. Later, it was transformed into a trilogy of live-action movies starring Fujiwara.

 

4. Gantz 

Three Gantz movies were released in 2011, one of which was a TV-exclusive alternate cut of the first movie. Matsuyama and Kazunari Ninomiya, a member of Arashi, appeared in each of them. They portray college students Masaru and Kei, who were murdered in a railway accident. After they die, they are taken to another planet where they have to find and kill aliens. They can be revived or bring the life of a chosen person back to them if they receive 100 points. Gantz is the creation of Hiroya Oku. The first volume of his manga series, which debuted in June 2000, went on to sell over 20 million copies. The riveting science fiction book Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley and the historical play Hissatsu, according to the mangaka, served as inspirations.

 

5. As The Gods Will

As the Gods Will, Takashi Miike's 2014 bloodbath, is based on kid's games like Squid Game. The first, Daruma-San ga koronda (The Daruma toppled over), the Japanese adaptation of Red Light, Green Light or Grandma's Footsteps as it is known in the UK, is set in a classroom. But in Miike's movie, instead of having to restart the game if they are detected moving, they get their heads blown off. In the first episode of Squid Game, participants encounter a comparable circumstance. However, because the Korean drama is set outside, there are more participants and room.

 

6. The Incite Mill

As the Gods Will, Takashi Miike's 2014 bloodbath, is based on kid's games like Squid Game. The first, Daruma-San ga koronda (The Daruma toppled over), the Japanese adaptation of Red Light, Green Light or Grandma's Footsteps as it is known in the UK, is set in a classroom. But in Miike's movie, instead of having to restart the game if they are detected moving, they get their heads blown off. In the first episode of Squid Game, participants encounter a comparable circumstance. However, because the Korean drama is set outside, there are more participants and room.

 

7. Alice In Borderland

This dystopian thriller was a huge sensation on Netflix, appearing in more than 50 countries' top 10 lists. It is based on the popular science fiction manga by Haro Aso and stars Kento Yamazaki as the video game-obsessed Ryohei Arisu. Aso remembers, "I designed Arisu based on my own indecision. I remembered how I was in my 20s." The other main character in the narrative is Yuzuha Usagi, a skilled mountaineer played by Tao Tsuchiya who teams up with Arisu. They are forced to participate in a number of cruel games in order to survive in a parallel Tokyo. In order to elude the cops, Arisu and his two buddies enter a public restroom in the first episode.

 

8. Kakegurui

The vicious competition that Hyakkaou Private Academy students exhibit is far worse than that of the teenage characters in Gossip Girl. The ability to cheat peers in poker determines a student's status in the hierarchy at this prestigious private school, where gambling is part of the curriculum. Students who win big are celebrated as the world's future leaders, while those who fail and rack up debt are compelled to work for free and end up as the "pets" of their more capable peers.

 

9. The Werewolf Game: Lovers

The "Werewolf Game" requires participants to murder one another in order to win. These competitors have participated in slaughter games before. A participant is Ranko Takano (Seika Furuhata). She participates in efforts to aid a struggling family. There are additional "Cupid" and "Lover" roles.

 

10. Cinderella Game

A member of an idol group is Sana Haitani (Kasumi Yamaya). She is pursuing the ambitions of her now-deceased older sister, who aspired to be a leading idol. Sana's idol group has sadly split up. After that, she is abducted and brought to a desolate island. She will engage in a card game. She can rise to the status of a top idol if she triumphs in the card game against the other kidnapped idol females. However, Sana will perish if she loses.