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Joker Game

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2012 · 99 min Thriller Horror
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

All seniors at a high school stay together at a camp, including student Chinatsu. On their first day, the home room teacher announces that all the students must play the card game "Old Maid". In order to reverse the declining academic abilities of its younger generation, the Japanese government planned this camping program. In this card game, the students that lose will meet their deaths.

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Original Title ジョーカーゲーム
Year 2012
Country Japan
Genre Thriller, Horror
Director Takafumi Watanabe
Runtime 99 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs a tense narrative from the contrast between an innocent children's card game and its lethal stakes, using this mechanic as an allegory for ruthless social Darwinism. It relies on familiar teen horror tropes to explore themes of governmental control and generational sacrifice.

What lingers after the final card is played is a chilling commentary on how systems can weaponize childhood innocence against itself. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Takafumi Watanabe

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