Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will debuts an explosive teaser

Last Updated on July 22, 2021

Prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike has another piece of insanity to share with us, this one a real mind-blower (literally). Called AS THE GODS WILL, it’s based on a manga about a group of high schoolers who find themselves playing a deadly game where the losers really lose their heads. Yes, sounds a tad like BATTLE ROYALE, but once you get a look at the new preview below, you’ll see Miike and company are exploring a different variety of student-slaying.

Here’s the roughly-tranlated synopsis:

Shun Takahata (Sota Fukushi) is an ordinary high school student leading a boring life. His life long friend is Ichika Akimoto (Hirona Yamazaki).

One day, a teacher’s head explodes in class. Shun Takahata and his classmates are forced to play a game of death without knowing who, why or how.

AS THE GODS WILL opens on November 15th in Japan; hopefully it will expand far and wide soon after.