is a 2010 Japanese psychological thriller

Psychological thriller

Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the broad ranged thriller with heavy focus on characters. However, it often incorporates elements from the mystery and drama genre, along with the typical traits of the thriller genre...

 directed by Hideo Nakata

Hideo Nakata

Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water...

. The movie is based on Yonezawa Honobu's novel "The Incite Mill".

Plot

Ten people are promised a dream job that pays 112,000 Yen ($1,236 USD) per hour, no experience or qualifications necessary. They are then taken to a remote underground complex and locked up, in a murderous game

Battle Royale

thumb|260px|Cover of the 2009 expanded edition, ISBN 978-1-4215-2772-3 is a 1999 Japanese novel written by Koushun Takami. The story tells of schoolchildren who are forced to fight each other to the death....

 that will last for seven days.

Cast

• Tatsuya Fujiwara
  Tatsuya Fujiwara
  is a Japanese television and film actor.-Biography:Born in Saitama, Fujiwara has had an interest in acting from a young age.He is famous for acting the part of Shuya Nanahara in the controversial 2000 film Battle Royale and continues the character as a leader of the Wild Seven in the sequel, Battle...
  
  
• Haruka Ayase
  Haruka Ayase
  , born in Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 24, 1985, is a Japanese actress.-Career:In 1999, she successfully passed a Horipro audition. She first achieved widespread recognition for her starring roles in the short film Justice; in 2004 she rose to stardom as Aki in the TV series Crying Out Love, In...
  
  
• Aya Hirayama
  Aya Hirayama
  is a Japanese actress who has appeared in various films including Waterboys , as well as appearing in two television programs in her native Japan, Waratte Iitomo and Itsumo futari de. Aya was born in Kuroiso, Tochigi, Japan which is now part of Nasushiobara...
  
  
• Satomi Ishihara
  Satomi Ishihara
  is a Japanese actress.Popular mostly among Japanese fans, she gained recognition for her acting talent. She started taking parts acting in Japanese dramas in 2003. Also, she appeared in various commercial events also known as public relations...
  
  
• Shinji Takeda
• Tsuyoshi Abe
  Tsuyoshi Abe
  is a Chinese Japanese actor in Japan. Of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent , he is able to speak both Mandarin and Japanese fluently....
  
  
• Kinya Kitaoji
• Nagisa Katahira
  Nagisa Katahira
  , born July 12, 1959) is a Japanese television actress with the Horipuro company.-Acting career:Later, her interest turned to acting, and now she has become known as the "Queen of the two-hour drama." She has also starred in several jidaigeki, including the title role as the vigilante Kurenai in...
  
  
• Daisuke Kikuta
• Yûki Furukawa
• Takurô Ohno

Production

On 18 January 2010 Horipro

Horipro

is a large Japanese talent agency. It was founded in 1963 as Hori Productions and changed to its present name in 1990.In 1989, Horipro purchased the publishing assets of famed rock band, KISS. Next, the company moved on to invest in more catalogs. A year later, Horipro Entertainment Group opened...

 confirmed Hideo Nakata

Hideo Nakata

Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water...

 as director of the film adaptation of the 2007 light novel Inshite Miru (The Incite Mill) by Honobu Yonezawa. Shooting began in March 2010. Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

is a Japanese television and film actor.-Biography:Born in Saitama, Fujiwara has had an interest in acting from a young age.He is famous for acting the part of Shuya Nanahara in the controversial 2000 film Battle Royale and continues the character as a leader of the Wild Seven in the sequel, Battle...

, Haruka Ayase

Haruka Ayase

, born in Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 24, 1985, is a Japanese actress.-Career:In 1999, she successfully passed a Horipro audition. She first achieved widespread recognition for her starring roles in the short film Justice; in 2004 she rose to stardom as Aki in the TV series Crying Out Love, In...

 and Satomi Ishihara

Satomi Ishihara

is a Japanese actress.Popular mostly among Japanese fans, she gained recognition for her acting talent. She started taking parts acting in Japanese dramas in 2003. Also, she appeared in various commercial events also known as public relations...

will act in the leading roles. Satoshi Suzuki wrote the screenplay.