X Game

About X Game

After a childhood friend's suicide, Hideaki and his former classmates reunite to pay their respects. Soon after, a DVD, marked X arrives revealing a man being tortured, triggering a flashback in Hideaki, reminding him of witnessing a schoolmate being subjected to humiliating batsu (punishment) games.

X Game is a 2010 horror film directed by Yôhei Fukuda. It runs 119 minutes and was released in September 2010.

The film is filed under vigilante, urban legend, revenge, and suicide.

Kazuyuki Aijima takes the lead as Detective Murota, Hirofumi Araki as Hideaki Kokubo, Shota Chiyo as Tsuyoshi Shinjou, and Meguru Katô as Tetsuya Yoshiike. The screenplay is by Mari Asato and Yôichi Minamikawa.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1, 47 Ronin, and Unfriended make useful companions to X Game, all filed under japan.