The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping
6.6
Season 1
54 min
S1 · E1 · Jun 9, 2024
Episode 1 Episode 1
54 min
S1 · E2 · Jun 16, 2024
Episode 2 Episode 2
51 min
S1 · E3 · Jun 23, 2024
Episode 3 Episode 3
51 min
S1 · E4 · Jun 30, 2024
Episode 4 Episode 4
4 episodes in Season 1
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Shunsuke Sakuma works with numerous clients as a planner for an advertising agency. He is somewhat of a mysterious man and popular with women. He deals with his work and his personal life in the same manner, like he is playing a game. He is currently working on a large project involving a car company. The project is progressing well, but he is suddenly excluded from the project by the car company's vice president, Katsutoshi Katsuragi. Shunsuke Sakuma’s pride is wounded from his exclusion and he becomes extremely upset at that. He happens to meet Juri Katsuragi who is Katsutoshi Katsuragi’s daughter. She also holds a grudge against her father. Shunsuke Sakuma and Juri Katsuragi decides to team up to get revenge. They take part in a kidnapping game.
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Cast
13 people
Kazuya Kamenashi
Sakuma Shunsuke
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Katsuragi Juri
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Shigenori Yamazaki
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Kisuke Iida
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Takashi Kobayashi
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Kosuke Suzuki Director · Keigo Higashino Author Yasunori Aoki Executive producer
Total runtime 4h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
June 9, 2024
Final episode
June 30, 2024
Status
Ended
Network
WOWOW Prime
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
60 min
Total runtime
4h 0m
Original language
Japanese
Production
WOWOW
Production
FINE Entertainment
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ゲームの名は誘拐
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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