G@me (2003)

Kidnapping and deceit abound in this thriller. From romance to mild-action, this movie has it all.

Director:

Satoshi Isaka

Writers:

Keigo Higashino (novel), Masaya Ozaki (screenplay)

Stars:

Naohito Fujiki, Yukie Nakama, Ryûdô Uzaki

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Naohito Fujiki	...	Sakuma Shunsuke
Yukie Nakama	...	Katsuragi Chiharu
Ryûdô Uzaki
Izam
Ryo Ishibashi	...	Katsuragi Katsutoshi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Taigi Kobayashi
Yasuhito Shimao

Storyline

A 'kidnapper' holds a girl hostage until a ransom demand is paid from her father. In reality, the kidnapper is actually an advertiser, who has been beaten to a 3 billion deal and so takes his Rival's daughter hostage. The girl later turns out to be more than she seems and turns into a handful for her 'kidnapper'...

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Plot Keywords:

ransom | kidnapping | punctuation in title | one word title | held for ransom | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

8 November 2003 (Japan)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dentsu,Fuji Television Network,Pony Canyon

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Certainly a better than average production

I just picked up this DVD because it had English subtitles on the Japanese disc in my local rental shop. I had never heard a thing about it, nor could I even read the DVD box cover, so I was going in with an open mind.

The film starts quite slowly, and goes down a well worn path in terms of plot, (it's basically a hostage situation where the abductor and abductee have planned it together to get back at the abductee's father) and I didn't think much of the acting at the start, though all the main players seem to warm up as the film proceeds. I had this film pegged as nothing special, filler material until the titular g@me actually began, at this point the film really starts to show some nice ideas (nothing amazingly original, but slickly executed). It's quite drawn out toward the end, but I went from thinking nothing of the show to being pretty impressed. This deserves to be seen by more people, I think anyone into twists would certainly enjoy it, and it offers a little something to think about in comparison to the current crop of summer Blockbusters.

Overall an enjoyable couple of hours, I want to give it 6.5, but 7 is too high, the guy is a little too cool toward the girl for how he is supposed to be feeling. The acting isn't outstanding by any means either.