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Just an excuse for more splatter from a director who, as always, knows his target audience.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
As the Gods Will
Oh my God, please return my tedious everyday.
2014 · 1h 57m · TV-MA
Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Takashi Miike
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As the Gods Will
Overview
High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.
Director and cast
- Takashi Miike Director
- Sota Fukushi as Takahata Shun
- Ryunosuke Kamiki as Amaya Takeru
- Hirona Yamazaki as Akimoto Ichika
- Mio Yuki as Takase Shouko
- Jingi Irie as Oku Eiji
- Shota Sometani as Satake
- Nao Omori as Takumi
- Nijiro Murakami as Kikkawa Haruhiko
- Dori Sakurada as Class President
- Lily Franky as Homeless Man
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