LIAR GAME

Synopsis

Nao Kanzaki is a college student who is known for her honesty and naivete. One day, she receives a black postcard indicating that she has been selected to participate in the "Liar Game Tournament". Along with the postcard is a box with 100 million yen. The goal of the first round of the game is to trick the other player out of their hundred million yen. At the end, the winner would get to keep the hundred million earned, and the loser owes the LGT 100 million yen, which "will be collected by any means and at all costs".

Main Cast

Shota Matsuda

Shin'ichi Akiyama

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Erika Toda

Nao Kanzaki

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Michiko Kichise

Eri Samukukwon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Rinko Kikuchi

Ryo Katsuragi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 16%

Kosuke Suzuki

Yūji Fukunaga

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Ikkei Watanabe

Mitsuo Tanimura

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Megumi

Marie Otsuka

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yasufumi Tsuchida

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Seasons

Season 1

2007 | 13 episodes

Nao Kanzaki is an honest college student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million dollars. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Kazuo Fujisawa. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Shin'ichi Akiyama, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help.

Season details

Season 2

2009 | 9 episodes

The naïve Kanzaki Nao and expert swindler Akiyama Shinichi have not heard anything from the LIAR GAME organization since the end of the previous game, so it seems they may have actually escaped. But Nao suddenly gets another invitation and is once again caught up in the game. This time, she has to team up with Shinichi and one of their previous rivals named Fukunaga, facing off against three more opponents in new games of deception, such as "24 Rensou Russian Roulette" and "17 Poker."

Season details

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Theme Song Performance	Yasutaka Nakata Toshiko Koshijima
	Songs	Yasutaka Nakata
	Original Music Composer	Yasutaka Nakata
Writing	Lyricist	Yasutaka Nakata
	Teleplay	Tsutomu Kuroiwa Michitaka Okada
	Comic Book	Shinobu Kaitani
Production	Producer	Tōru Shimuta Yasuyuki Azuma
Department	Role	Name

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