Liar Game (2010)

Liar Game is a Japanese movie directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama which is based on a manga serial by Shinobu Kaitani and continues the story started by the Liar Game Fuji TV drama. It was released by Toho on March 6, 2010.

Erika Toda stars as Nao Kanzaki, a gullible college student who is facing a huge debt after participating in a mysterious event called the “Liar Game Tournament”. Incapable of deception, but desperate to make her money back, she asks a talented swindler named Shinichi Akiyama (Shota Matsuda) for help and eventually gets invited to the event’s “Final”.

In the Final, the players are told the theme is trust, and it’s explained that all 11 of them can walk away winners if they simply trust one another. However, the seemingly under-control game is thrown into chaos when the presence of a mysterious “Player X” is revealed.