The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping (2024)

06/09/2024 (JP) • 1h

Mystery, Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Kazuya Kamenashi

Sakuma Shunsuke

4 Episodes

Ai Mikami

Katsuragi Juri

4 Episodes

Atsuro Watabe

Katsuragi Katsutoshi

4 Episodes

Mariko Akama

Katsuragi Fumiko

4 Episodes

Sayuri Matsumura

Maki

4 Episodes

Yuki Izumisawa

Yuguchi

4 Episodes

Yusuke Hirayama

Kagaya Takeshi

4 Episodes

Kouhei Takeda

Sugimoto Tomoya

4 Episodes

Shigenori Yamazaki

Nakamura

4 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2024 | 4 Episodes

Season 1 of The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping premiered on June 9, 2024.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

based on novel or book

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