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For all its nonsense, ‘Mystery Arena’ is weirdly entertaining

The Japan Times·James Hadfield·18 days ago
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Afro-wigged host Momotaro Kabayama (Toshiaki Karasawa) presides over the eponymous game show in Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s “Mystery Arena.” | © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. TV game shows featuring members of the public are a rare breed in Japan, producers having long since decided that such activities are best left to minor celebrities. Yet in a curious coincidence, two of this month’s major movie releases both revolve around televised battles of wits between people whose only claim to fame is being brainy. Kohei Yoshino’s “Your Own Quiz” has the stronger premise of the two, with its tale of a quiz-show finalist trying to figure out how his opponent answered a tie-breaker correctly without even hearing the question. However, the solution to that puzzle turns out to be a bit of a letdown — as does the film. I had more fun with Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s “Mystery Arena,” a trashier and altogether spikier movie that entertains partly by virtue of its incongruous mix of elements.…

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