is a
cell phone novel
A cell phone novel, or , were literary works originally written on a cellular phone via text messaging. This type of literature originated in Japan, where it became a popular literary genre. However, its popularity also spread to other countrie ...
written by
Nobuaki Kanazawa (pen name: Pakkuncho), consisting of five volumes. A film based on the novel was released in 2011, and directed by
Norio Tsuruta. The theme song of the film is "
Amazuppai Haru ni Sakura Saku" by
Berryz Kobo
was a Japanese girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members consisted of Hello! Project Kids members Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Chinami Tokunaga, Maasa Sudo, Y ...
and
Cute.
An anime based on the novel titled ''
King's Game The Animation
is an anime television series adaptation of the '' Ōsama Game'' cell phone novel and the sequel, ''Ōsama Game: Extreme''. It is animated by Seven.
Plot
An entire high school class of 32 people receive a message on their cellphones fr ...
'' was also released in 2017 and directed by Noriyoshi Sasaki.
Synopsis
Ōsama Game
On October 19, a class of 32 students receive a message from a mysterious sender called "King" at midnight, giving them a set of rules and an order.
Ōsama Game: Extreme
Being the only survivor of the Ōsama Game and having chosen to continue the game, Nobuaki transfers to a new school, thus starting the tragedy once more.
Ōsama Game: Spiral
Set before the events of Extreme, it is about Natsuko's Ōsama Game before she transferred.
Ōsama Game: Origin
Thirty years ago, it was a day like any other in Kazunari's small village when the notes outlining the "Ōsama Game" arrived. The villagers received orders, which became more gruesome by the day, and those who failed to comply died, like clockwork. Growing desperation raises suspicions among the villagers regarding the King's identity and police converge on the town as its body count continues to rise.
Ōsama Game: Annihilation
All high school students in Japan must participate in the game.
Ōsama Game: Abyss
32 students from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan are gathered in an island in Taiwan. Then, a new command from the King was given.
Rules
# All students in the class shall participate.
# After receiving an order from the King, the order must be completed within 24 hours.
# People who do not complete their order shall be punished.
# Quitting in the middle of the game is not allowed.
Orders
'Ōsama Game'
1st Order: Male student Seat No.4 Inoue Hirofumi, Female student Seat No.19 Nakao Minako. These two people must kiss.
rder Completed2nd Order: Male student Seat No.18 Toyoda Hideki, Female student Seat No.5 Imoto Yuuko. Toyoda Hideki must lick Imoto Yuuko's foot.
rder Completed 3rd Order: Male student Seat No.18 Toyoda Hideki, Female student Seat No.3 Ishii Satomi. Toyoda Hideki must touch Ishii Satomi's breasts.
rder Not Completed: Toyoda Hideki and Ishii Satomi died by hanging. 4th Order: Male student Seat No.17 Tasaki Daisuke, Female student Seat No.20 Nakajima Misaki. The two people must make love.
rder Completed 5th Order: Male student Seat No.30 Yahiro Shouta. Yahiro Shouta must give an order in front of everybody. The person who receives the order, must follow it, as if it was an order from the King.
Shouta's Order: Male student Seat No.17 Tasaki Daisuke. Tasaki Daisuke must hang himself.
rder Not Completed: Tasaki Daisuke was hanged anyway. 6th Order: Male student Seat No.21 Hashimoto Naoya, Female student Seat No.9 Ueda Kana. The entire class must hold a Friendship Vote for these two. The side who has the fewest votes shall be punished. If the Friendship Vote is not held, both sides will be punished. ※ Votes cannot be passed.
rder Completed: Hashimoto Naoya won. As punishment, Ueda Kana must confess to the one she loves. Unfortunately, she killed herself after Hashimoto Naoya's victory. Extra order: The King's order must be completed within 5 minutes. Ueda Kana did not complete her order, but she is no longer in this world, and therefore is unable to complete it. As a result, the person who was also involved in the order Hashimoto Naoya will be punished. Male student Seat No.21 Hashimoto Naoya must find someone to make love to. If this order is not executed, the punishment is spontaneous combustion.
rder Completed7th Order This game involves all male students. Prepare 100 pieces of paper, write 1-100 on them. Going by the seat numbers of the male students, starting from No.1, each person may choose to draw 1-3 cards, and thus continuing, the person who draws card no.100 will be punished. If the game is not conducted, all male students will be punished. Please enjoy the game. ※The punishment this time is a heart attack.
rder Completed: Akira Ôno drew card no.100 intentionally and died.8th Order Female student Seat No.22 Hirano Nami. Hirano Nami must give herself an order. Following the order, is equivalent to following the King's order.
Nami's Order: Female student Seat No.22 Hirano Nami. Hirano Nami must touch the King.
rder not Completed: Hirano Nami was sentenced to eternal darkness (blindness).9th Order Male student Seat No.12 Kanazawa Nobuaki. You must lose your most important possession.
rder Completed10th Order Male student Seat No.1 Adachi Shingo, Female student Seat No.15 Kinoshita Akemi. These two must each send two messages saying
o dieto their classmates. The classmates who receive the message will die an accidental death.
rder Completed Seat No.15 Kinoshita Akemi11th Order All students in the class need to pay attention. People who do any unneeded action within the King's game will be punished. Also, Male student Seat No.28 Mizuuchi Yusuke, Heart attack. Male student Seat No.30 Yahiro Shouta, death by suffocation. Female student Seat No.15, drowned to death. These people have broken the rules of the game. (Unneeded action was: crying)
12th Order A student in the class must roll a die. Depending on the number rolled, the person who rolled the die must specify the same number of classmates. The person who rolled the die, as well as the people specified, will all be punished.
※ If the die isn't rolled, or nobody is specified, then everyone in the class shall be punished.
※ Within five minutes after rolling the die, following the number rolled, specify the same number of classmates. The method to specify, is to have the person who rolled the die send a message to the specified people. Sending a message to someone who is already dead is invalid.
rder completed: Hashimoto Naoya rolled the die. Number rolled was 6.12th Order Amendment Within five minutes from now, following the number rolled, specify the same number of classmates. The method to specify, is to say their name. Specify immediately. [Order completed: Hashimoto Naoya named: Honda Chiemi (Novel only) Chia Kawano (Manga only), Keita Yamashita (was unwillingly named), Masami Matsumoto, (was unwillingly named in the novel; also named in the manga), Toshiyuki Abe, Toshiyuki Fujioka & Minako Nakao.]
13th Order (Novel only) Male student Seat No.12 Kanazawa Nobuaki must kill Honda Chiemi with his own hands. Also, the following participants will be punished. Female student Seat No.6 Iwamura Ria, punishment by decapitation. These people have broken the rules of the game.
rder completed13th Order (Manga only) Male student Seat No.12 Kanazawa Nobuaki and Female student Seat No.24 Honda Chiemi must kill the person they love the most. If the order is not completed, the 2 students will be decapitated.
rder not Completed: by sheer determination, both managed to survive, however Honda Chiemi bled to death due to a previous wound inflicted by Toshiyuki Abe14th Order (Novel only) Male student Seat No.12 Kanazawa Nobuaki must choose between being punished one last time or continue the game.
rder completed: Kanazawa Nobuaki continued the game'Ōsama Game Climax'
Characters
Ōsama Game
* Seat No.1 Adachi Shingo
illed by Ushijima Motoki, pushed down a staircase.* Seat No.2 Abe Toshiyuki
unished due to Order 12, Punishment: Loss of blood.* Seat No.3 Ishii Satomi
ailed to complete Order 3, Punishment: Death by hanging.* Seat No.4 Inoue Hirofumi
ailed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Burned to death.* Seat No.5 Imoto Yuuko
ailed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Burned to death.* Seat No.6 Iwamura Ria
ovel: Broke the rules by blocking messages from the King, Punishment: Decapitation. Manga: Broke the rules by trying to destroy the King, Punishment: Burned to death.* Seat No.7 Iwamoto Maki
ccidental death due to Order 10, found dead in her bedroom.* Seat No.8 Ueda Yosuke
ailed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Quartering.* Seat No.9 Ueda Kana
ost Friendship Vote at Order 6, Punishment: Must confess to the person she likes, regardless of the outcome.Committed suicide by jumping out of a window before punishment was announced, was not punished as a result.)
* Seat No.10 Ushiji Motoki
ccidental death due to Order 10, killed whilst being transported to a police station.* Seat No.11 Ohno Akira
rew the 100th card at Order 7, Punishment: Heart attack.* Seat No.12 Kanazawa Nobuaki
ovel: Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Temporary Memory loss (of Ōsama Game) (Regained his memory after killing Honda Chiemi). Was not punished in the manga.(Only survivor: chose to continue the game, leading to the events of Ōsama Game: Climax]
* Seat No.13 Kawakami Yuusuke
ailed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Quartering.* Seat No.14 Kawano Chia
roke the rules by blocking messages from the King, Punishment: Suffocation.* Seat No.15 Kinoshita Akemi
roke the rules by blocking messages from the King, Punishment: Drowned to death.* Seat No.16 Shirokawa Mami
ailed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Decapitation.* Seat No.17 Tasaki Daisuke
ailed to complete Order 5 (Shouta's Order), Punishment: Death by hanging.* Seat No.18 Toyoda Hideki
ailed to complete Order 3, Punishment: Death by hanging* Seat No.19 Nakao Minako
unished due to Order 12, Punishment: Suffocation.* Seat No.20 Nakajima Misaki
ailed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Decapitation.* Seat No.21 Hashimoto Naoya
olled the dice at Order 12, Punishment: Separated by six cuts.* Seat No.22 Hirano Nami
ailed to complete Order 8, Punishment: Remain in eternal darkness (Blindness).Committed suicide by drowning.)
* Seat No.23 Fujioka Toshiyuki
unished due to Order 12, Punishment: Loss of blood.* Seat No.24 Honda Chiemi
ovel: Punished due to Order 12, Punishment: Senescence. Was not punished in the manga.* Seat No.25 Matsushima Yoshifumi
* Seat No.26 Matsumoto Masami
unished due to Order 12, Punishment: Heart attack.* Seat No.27 Maruoka Kaori
ailed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Unspecified death.* Seat No.28 Mizuuchi Yusuke
roke the rules by blocking messages from the King, Punishment: Heart attack* Seat No.29 Miyazaki Emi
ailed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Quartering.* Seat No.30 Yahiro Shouta
roke the rules by blocking messages from the King, Punishment: Suffocation* Seat No.31 Yamaguchi Hiroko
ailed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Heart attack.* Seat No.32 Yamashita Keita
unished due to Order 12, Punishment: Decapitation.
Cast
*
Airi Suzuki
is a Japanese singer, actress, model, and radio personality associated with Up-Front Works. In 2002, she joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids and later debuted as one of the lead vocalists of the Japanese girl group Cute i ...
as Ria Iwamura
*
Yurina Kumai
is a Japanese pop singer and fashion model. She is a member of Berryz Kobo (activities suspended indefinitely) and former member of Hello! Project Kids. Her signature color is green.
Born in Kanagawa, Japan. Her blood type is B, and her heigh ...
as Chiemi Honda
*
Dori Sakurada
, born in December 7, 1991, is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Ryoma Echizen as part of the third generation Seigaku cast in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musicals, Tenimyu.
Biography
Career
Dori Sakurada was born i ...
as Nobuaki Kanazawa
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Hisanori Satō as Naoya Hashimoto
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Risako Sugaya
is a former Japanese singer and actress. She first gained recognition when she joined Hello! Project Kids and later became one of the lead vocalists of the girl group Berryz Kobo from 2004 to 2015.
Career 2002–2004: Hello! Project Kids, 4 ...
as Nami Shirokawa
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Chisato Okai
(born June 21, 1994, in Saitama, Japan) is a former Japanese pop singer, actress, model, and television personality. She first gained recognition when she joined Hello! Project Kids and later became one of the main vocalists of the Japanese id ...
as Kaori Maruoka
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Maasa Sudo
is a Japanese actress, singer, and tarento. She is a former member of Berryz Kobo, a J-pop idol group within Hello! Project.
Career
Sudo was born in Tokyo. In 2002, she successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids audition. Sudo was a member o ...
as Tomoko Shimizu
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Chinami Tokunaga
(born May 22, 1992) is a Japanese singer. She is a former member of the J-pop idol group Berryz Kobo.
History
Tokunaga was born in Kanagawa, Japan. In 2002, she passed the Hello! Project Kids audition and became a member of Hello! Project.
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as Akemi Kinoshita
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Momoko Tsugunaga
is a former Japanese singer, actress, and radio personality. Tsugunaga joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids at the age of 10 and later became part of the girl groups Berryz Kobo and Buono! Following Berryz Kobo's hiatus, ...
as Yuko Imoto
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Saki Nakajima as Kana Ueda
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Hitomi Yoshizawa
is a Japanese former singer and actress. In 2000, Yoshizawa debuted as a 4th generation member of the idol girl group Morning Musume and became their leader in 2005 until leaving the group in 2007. Following her departure, Yoshizawa continued to ...
See also
* ''
King's Game The Animation
is an anime television series adaptation of the '' Ōsama Game'' cell phone novel and the sequel, ''Ōsama Game: Extreme''. It is animated by Seven.
Plot
An entire high school class of 32 people receive a message on their cellphones fr ...
''
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Osama Game
2011 films
2011 horror films
Films based on Japanese novels
Films directed by Norio Tsuruta
Japanese films
Japanese horror films
Death games in fiction