Yamada Yusukes popular novel Real Onigokko, which has already inspired five films & a TV series, gets another new & more extreme spin in 2015 in the hands of Sono Sion. The original story of Real Onigokko is set in an alternate world in which individuals with the surname Sato are targeted in a deadly game of tag. In Sono Sions Tag, the targets are high school girls.
Featuring special effects makeup from Nishimura Yoshihiro ( Tokyo Gore Police), Tag follows heroine Mitsuko, who changes names & actresses as she enters different deadly scenarios. After witnessing the mysterious massacre of a busload of girls, she escapes as the lone survivor & runs off to an all-girls high school, but everywhere she goes, more bloodbaths & questions await. Triendl Reina ( Ju-on: The Beginning of the End), former AKB48 member Shinoda Mariko & Mano Erina ( The Next Generation Patlabor) star in this trippy, gory action fantasy.