

As the Gods Will
2014-11-15 · 117 min · ★ 7.1
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.
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- Directors
- Takashi Miike
- Production companies
- Toho Pictures, OLM, TOHO, dentsu, Kodansha, jeki, Nippan Group Holdings, GYAO
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Sota FukushiTakahata Shun
Ryunosuke KamikiAmaya Takeru
Hirona YamazakiAkimoto Ichika
Mio YukiTakase Shouko
Jingi IrieOku Eiji
Shota SometaniSatake
Nao OmoriTakumi
Nijiro MurakamiKikkawa Haruhiko
Dori SakuradaClass President
Lily FrankyHomeless Man
Atsuko MaedaManeki-neko (voice)
Ryûhei UeshimaKokeshi (voice)
Ryosuke YamamotoMikinori Taira
Minori HagiwaraYumi Taoka
Sasuke OtsuruYukio Sanada
Naoto TakahashiKotaro Maeda
Katsuhiro HigoKokeshi (voice)
Reiko TakashimaShun's Mother
Nobue IketaniTakumi's MotherTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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