They agree to steal Fujisawa's 200 million. Akiyama eventually agrees to help Kanzaki in exchange for half her winnings. Tanimura tells a distraught Kanzaki that the police cannot help, but someone else can: Shinichi Akiyama, a convicted fraudster who bankrupted a multinational company. She goes to meet him, and he suggests depositing their combined sum in a bank, thus tricking her into handing over all her money. Kanzaki's opponent is her former teacher Mr. Losers unable to pay will be in debt to the organizers.
Players are paired up as opponents, and may steal the opponent's money as a prize. The first round of the tournament sees players having to return 100 million back to the organizers after one month. Kanzaki receives a suitcase with 100 million yen, along with a message that she must participate in the Liar Game Tournament. Her honesty draws the attention of policeman Mitsuo Tanimura. Nao Kanzaki is a young nurse who is extremely naive. Heart pounding psychological tricks keep the audience on the edge of their seats." "A fierce battle of the wits begins over 100 million yen. (white hair, clothes and shoes, green eyes) connected to MLM company that Akiyama bankruptedĬop with gold front tooth from Nao Kanzaki's city Nao's former junior high school teacher (now retired)įish Store Clerk (thick black rimmed glasses) It has also gained the second highest viewer satisfaction rating, for the season, in an Oricon survey. The first season of Liar Game had 11 episodes, with a 3 hour long finale, which was a first for a drama series. It featured Erika Toda as Nao Kanzaki, and Shota Matsuda as Shinichi Akiyama. The drama began airing in Japan on April 14, 2007.
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It was adapted from a popular manga of the same name into a live action series directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama. Liar Game is a Japanese television drama series in 2007.