Netflix Drama Kokumin Quiz Releases Main Trailer Ahead of December 17 Premiere
Netflix released the main trailer and key art for its live-action drama Kokumin Quiz on Tuesday, November 3. Takayuki Yamada stars as the host of a quiz show that replaces parliamentary democracy in a fictional Japan.
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Why it matters
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.
Key Facts
- Netflix released the main trailer and key art for Kokumin Quiz on Tuesday, November 3.
- Takayuki Yamada stars as quiz show host K-i K-ichi.
- Kokumin Quiz adapts the 1993 manga by Reiichi Sugimoto and Shinkichi Kato.
- All eight episodes stream on Netflix from Thursday, December 17.
- Teruyuki Yoshida directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie, with THE SEVEN handling planning and production.
The series adapts the 1993 manga by Reiichi Sugimoto and Shinkichi Kato. All eight episodes stream on Netflix from Thursday, December 17.
Director 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.
Yamada 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. The trailer also includes government-produced commercials that air within the show, inserted at the request of the original manga's side.
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