QuizKnock Supervised Quizzes for the Movie 'Your Quiz' Releasing on Friday, May 15

QuizKnock, operated by baton Inc. (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Yosuke Kinugawa), handled the quiz supervision for the movie 'Your Quiz', releasing on Friday, May 15. 'Your Quiz' is a novel published in 2022 by author Satoshi Ogawa, who won the 31st Yamamoto Shugoro Prize for 'Game no Oukoku' and the 168th Naoki Prize for 'Chizu to Kobushi'. While taking the everyday game of 'quizzes' as its subject, it attracted attention with a meticulously crafted and thrilling plot beyond imagination. It was nominated for the 2023 Japan Booksellers' Award and subsequently won the 76th Mystery Writers of Japan Award. Immediately after its publication, author Kotaro Isaka praised it saying, 'Too interesting!! It's been a long time since I encountered such an exciting mystery, it's supreme as a mystery.' TV producer Nobuyuki Sakuma also commented, 'Once you open the book, it's over (you can't stop).' Highly acclaimed by various circles, it has become a bestseller with over 310,000 copies in print as of February 19. The finals of a live-broadcast quiz show with a 10 million yen prize at stake. Why was the winner of the quiz show able to answer correctly without hearing a single character of the question (= zero-character answer)? The shocking 'truth' and 'life' led by just a single quiz question. A masterpiece of intellectual entertainment that transcends the boundaries of a quiz is finally getting a live-action film adaptation! For the movie adaptation of this work, QuizKnock handled the quiz supervision. Furthermore, it was announced that Takushi Izawa will appear in the film. Will the unprecedented 'Q (Quiz) = Mystery' be solved...? What is the shocking truth that will be revealed? Please enjoy it at the movie theater! Movie 'Your Quiz' The finals of the live-broadcast quiz show 'Q-1 Grand Prix', fighting for a prize of 10 million yen. With all of Japan watching, the 'Absolute King of the Quiz World' Reo Mishima and the 'Man Who Saved the World in His Head' Kizuna Honjo have both reached checkmate, just one question away from victory. Then comes the final question, a buzzer quiz. In the tense atmosphere, Honjo presses the buzzer button without hearing a single character of the question. As the venue murmurs in commotion, he astonishingly guesses the correct answer and becomes the champion. Why was he able to answer correctly without hearing a single character of the question? Is it staged? A trick? Or magic? Mishima challenges the unprecedented 'Mystery (Quiz)'. The 'Lives' of the quiz players hidden in the 'Mystery (Quiz)'. What is the 'Truth (Answer)' to be unraveled? This is a quiz for the whole nation (you). Title: Your Quiz Release Date: Friday, May 15 Cast: Tomoya Nakamura, Ryunosuke Kamiki Aoi Morikawa, Rintaro Mizusawa, Shigefumi Fukuzawa, Yoshizumi, Mizuho Shiromiya, Riku Onishi, Takumi Bando Yusuke Santamaria / Mayu Hotta, Tsuyoshi Muro Original Story: Satoshi Ogawa 'Your Quiz' (Asahi Bunko / Asahi Shimbun Publications) Director: Kohei Yoshino Screenplay: Satoko Okazaki, Kohei Yoshino Music: Yaffle, Tatsuhiko Saiki Quiz Supervision: QuizKnock Distribution: Toho Official Website: https://yourownquiz.toho-movie.jp/