Questions Arise Within Fuji TV About the Decision to Turn ‘Run for Money’ into a Movie Amid Criticism of Its Screening Experience

The movie version of the game variety show “run for money” (a.k.a. “Escape from Tokyo”), which is broadcast irregularly on Fuji Television network and marked its 20th anniversary this year, “Escape from Tokyo: TOKYO MISSION” has been in theaters since July 19, the beginning of the summer vacation season.

In the movie version, six teammates from their high school track team receive an invitation to participate in “Escape from Japan,” with a prize pool of over 100 million yen. They join the game and reunite for the first time in a long time, but when they lose control of the game and it turns into a death game, they find themselves at the mercy of the other escapees….

The six main cast members are Takumi Kawanishi (25), Shoya Kimata (24), and Hekimi Kinjo (24) from the boy group “JO1,” which is popular among young women, and Sota Nakajima (24), Reiya Seguchi (28), and Hiroki Sato (29) from “FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE. The megaphone was directed by Masaki Nishiura (56), a former Fuji employee who directed “Code Blue: Doctor Helicopter Emergency Rescue” starring Tomohisa Yamashita (39), and whose film version (2006) was also a big hit, grossing 9.3 billion yen at the box office. The director was Masaki Nishiura (’56), who directed “JO1” and “FO1. It was expected to draw a large audience, mainly fans of the “JO1” and “FANTASTICS” groups, to the theaters. ……

The film was released in 348 theaters nationwide, and in its first week of release, it ranked 5th in the “Domestic Movie Rankings” (provided by Kogyo Tsushinsha). However, in the following week’s ranking, it fell out of the top 10 as early as the next week. Box-office revenue was sluggish, and as of the fourth week of its release, it had not even reached 500 million yen. It seems that Fuji wanted to make money from the movie business, so they decided to go ahead with the project, but Fuji’s upper management and others involved in the project have completely lost faith in the project.

The major movie information site Eiga.com has received 111 reviews of the film (as of August 19), with the lowest rating of 1 on a 5-point scale (31%). The movie is not only terrible as a movie, but it is not even as interesting as the TV show “Escape from Japan,” and I almost ran away during the screening. I almost ran away during the screening.

The main cast is “JO1” and “FANTASTICS,” although former Johnny’s and popular K-POP groups might have been able to attract idol fans. If you are wondering if it would have the ability to attract that many customers, you can go to ……. The production was half-baked and neither Death Game fans nor variety fans could keep up with it. Some people said that children enjoyed watching it, so it would have been more understandable if it had been labeled as “for children.

When “Escape from Japan” first began airing 20 years ago, it was popular for its innovative projects. Recently, however, the program has been losing ground to other stations’ behind-the-scenes programs, with average household viewer ratings hovering around the 3% range, despite airing long-running special programs on New Year’s Eve with a large number of guests in two consecutive years, in 2010 and 2011. The average household viewer rating remained in the 3% range, and the program on the back end of other stations failed to gain any traction.

The “Getaway” attraction in the ongoing “Odaiba Adventure King 2024” is thriving. We thought we could expect a synergistic effect with the popularity of the attraction, but the movie theaters were empty, probably because we did not actively promote the movie in conjunction with the attraction. Some people at the station are wondering why they made the movie if the odds were so low. Given this situation, there may be no broadcast of “Escape from Japan” on this year’s New Year’s Eve,” said a Fuji official.

This fall, “Shinji Muroi: The Undefeated” and “Shinji Muroi: The One Who Lives on”, spin-off movies from Fuji Television’s most popular series in history, “Odoru Daisousasen”, will be released in succession. I am sure that they will take “revenge” for “Escape from Japan”.

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