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All eight episodes stream on Netflix from Thursday, December 17.","whyItMatters":"The trailer sells the manga's 1993 premise of a state run by a quiz show, and Netflix is backing it with a 8,000-extras production and Yamada in the lead, so the adaptation's scale is the story as much as the satire.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDirector Teruyuki Yoshida, whose credits include the NHK morning drama Amachan and the taiga drama The 13 Lords of the Shogun, wrote the screenplay with Maggie. THE SEVEN, the company behind Alice in Borderland, handled planning and production.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYamada plays host K-i K-ichi, who drives the public into a frenzy alongside producer Akiko Kamijo, played by Eiko Koike. Renji Ishibashi plays Prime Minister Takeshi Gokumazawa, Koji Seto plays activist Seiji Nanbara, and Riko Ishida plays the girl Mari. 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Takayuki Yamada plays the host of a quiz show that has become the highest organ of state power in a fictional Japan. 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