Joker Game (2015)

Joker Game is a 2015 Japanese movie directed by Yu Irie and based on a mystery spy novel by Koji Yanagi.

For the teen survival thriller of the same name starring Rie Kitahara, see Joker Game (2012).

Movie info

Original title: ジョーカー・ゲーム
Release date: January 31, 2015
Directed by: Yu Irie
Written by: Yusuke Watanabe (screenplay)
Koji Yanagi (novel)
Genres: Mystery | Thriller
Subgenres: Based on novel | Spy
Runtime: 108 min.
Distributed by: Toho
Theme song: "Dead or Alive" by KAT-TUN

Plot

On the eve of World War II, an international Asian city becomes a hub of a high-stakes “spy game” as spies from countries such as Japan, the UK, the Soviet Union, and Germany compete to give their respective countries any possible advantage in world diplomacy.

Kato is about to receive a severe punishment for disobeying his superiors when he’s scouted by a man named Colonel Yuuki to become a spy for the secret intelligence agency D Kikan. He endures rigorous training and is eventually given his first mission as a secret agent. Kato must infiltrate the multicultural city referred to “Devil’s Metropolis” in order to take a critical “black notebook” from U.S. Ambassador Graham.

Kato attempts to find the notebook along with a mysterious woman named Rin. Meanwhile, D Kikan gets caught up in a fierce rivalry with a radical faction of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Kazuya Kamenashi	Kato
	Yusuke Iseya	Colonel Yuuki
	Kyoko Fukada	Rin, US Ambassador's lover
	Yukiyoshi Ozawa
	Keisuke Koide
	Hiroshi Yamamoto
	Kiyohiko Shibukawa
	Hiromasa Taguchi
	Ken Mitsuishi
	Kyusaku Shimada

Latest news

New teaser and poster visual for "Joker Game" starring Kazuya Kamenashi

Today the official website for Yu Irie's Joker Game starring Kazuya Kamenashi, Yusuke Iseya, Kyoko Fukada and was relaunched with a new 30-second teaser...

2 years ago
Kazuya Kamenashi to star in spy movie “Joker Game”

Kazuya Kamenashi (KAT-TUN) is set to star in Yu Irie’s upcoming film Joker Game, playing a genius spy named Kato.In addition, it’s been announced that Kyoko Fukada will play the American...

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