TV series
The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping
2024, Japanese, on WOWOW Prime.
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.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Ended in 2024
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Latest episode
S1 E4: Episode 4
Aired 30 June 2024
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Kazuya KamenashiSakuma Shunsuke · 4 ep
- Ai MikamiKatsuragi Juri · 4 ep
- Atsuro WatabeKatsuragi Katsutoshi · 4 ep
- Mariko AkamaKatsuragi Fumiko · 4 ep
- Sayuri MatsumuraMaki · 4 ep
- Yuki IzumisawaYuguchi · 4 ep
- Yusuke HirayamaKagaya Takeshi · 4 ep
- Kouhei TakedaSugimoto Tomoya · 4 ep
- Shigenori YamazakiNakamura · 4 ep
- Kisuke IidaIshizawa · 4 ep
- Takashi KobayashiKozuka · 4 ep
- Inoue SoraOkajima · 4 ep
Details
- First aired
- 9 June 2024
- Last aired
- 30 June 2024
- Network
- WOWOW Prime
- Original title
- ゲームの名は誘拐
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
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What The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping is based on
The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping is adapted from a novel.
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The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping: quick answers
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How many seasons of The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping are there?
The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping has 1 season and 4 episodes, about 60 minutes each.
Is The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping finished?
Yes. The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping ended in 2024, so you can watch the whole story.
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What shows are like The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping?
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What is The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping based on?
The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping is adapted from a novel.