Tomodachi Game - Friends Game (2017)
Tomodachi Game has a weird setup that has a short 4 episode long tv show that's the prelude to the movie, Tomodachi Game. The movie also has a sequel movie called Tomodachi Game Final. The story is about these 5 high school friends who suddenly got put into this Tomodachi Game where they were given this huge debt. If they win all 3 games the debt the clear, but these games are set up to make the friends doubt each other. The story follows Yuichi that Yoshizawa Ryo plays who is poor and knows the kind of power money can do to people so he tries to get everyone to clear it all the games together.
The TV series introduces the characters and covers the first game. The first game is a simple one where each one is given a Yes or No question, but they cannot say a word outside of the question so they have to trust they all will have the same answer to the questions. Since they cannot talk, a lot of the scenes during the game focuses on their expressions, but Yuichi is the protagonist so we also get to hear what he's thinking so that we know whats going on. The tv series ends with them waking up to the second game. You can find english subs for this online.
The second game is the first movie. It is a bit more difficult to explain, but basically each of them has to expose their friend's secret and some "audience" gets to vote who is the most unforgivable. There are a few conditions to this game that can exempt them from the final game and thus they can be free. So this game does test the friendship between the 5 characters. Things do get more interesting so it was entertaining to watch. The end leads to the third movie.
The third game is the final movie. I haven't found english subs for this unfortunately, but there are subs for this in other languages. I'm not fluent in Japanese so I didn't understand 100%. The third game is Hide and Seek with another team of people we don't know. This makes things more difficult with these new people. Its a real test for the protagonist, Yuichi. Ryo does some great performance as Yuichi in this movie! But the other actors were also pretty great as well. Its quite a rollercoaster of a ride this movie. I never read the manga this is based off of so I can't say if the live action is as good or not. But this series was entertaining so I recommend it!
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