As the Gods Will (2014)
Oh my God, please return my tedious everyday.
Genre : Thriller, Horror, Comedy
Runtime : 1H 57M
Director : Takashi Miike
Writer : Hiroyuki Yatsu
Synopsis
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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