# The Execution Game (1979)

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**Original title**: *処刑遊戯*
**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Action, Drama
**Directed by**: Tōru Murakawa
**Written by**: Shōichi Maruyama
**Starring**: Yūsaku Matsuda, Aiko Morishita, Lily, Yoshirō Aoki, Ryuji Katagiri, Kei Satō

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rainy Tokyo streets at dusk a payphone rings 
Narumi faces off against a rival hitman 
A gritty thriller from 70s Japanese cinema.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, paranoid, raw

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