Aesop's Game

Aug 16, 2019

1h 27m

★ 4.8

Overview

Three girls - Miwa, an introvert who's best friend is her turtle, Saori, a rich girl from a celebrity family, and Koyuzu, a member of a revenge agency - wind up in a complex rivalry with one another.

Genres

Fantasy

Thriller

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Asmik Ace

Office Shirous

Digital SKIP station

Aesop's Game Trailers

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Cast

Miwa Kameda

Ruka Ishikawa

Koyuzu Inui

Guama

Saori Tokusa

Hiroe Igeta

Kondo

Yohta Kawase

Misako-kun

Makiko Watanabe

Takehiko Fujita

Yusuke Takahashi

Hinako Saeki

Koji Kiryu

Yoichiro Saito

Shin'ya Orikasa

Kazuhiro Sawada

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