Episode
JOKER GAME: Joker Game (2)
Overview
The raid of Gordon's home comes up empty. And when Gordon lets it slip that this is the second time his home's been searched, Sakuma realizes the mission is a set-up by Mutou.
Details
- Series
- JOKER GAME
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2016-04-12
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Joker Game (2) is Episode 2 in Season 1 of JOKER GAME. It aired on 2016-04-12. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 1: Joker Game (1)
Autumn, 1937. Against the Imperial Army's objections, Lt. Colonel Yuuki establishes the spy training group "D-Agency." The army sends Lieutenant Sakuma to serve as their liason to D-Agency, and he watches the applicants easily coast through the brutal examination process. Not long after, Sakuma is ordered by Colonel Mutou to search the home of a suspected American spy, the Japanophile John Gordon. Disguised as military police, Sakuma leads D-Agency on their first mission.
Episode 3: Miscalculation
A man wakes up with complete amnesia. His only posession? A passport with the name "Ryosuke Shimano" and the port of entry, Marseille. Speaking with to Alan, the mysterious man next to him, he learns France has been occupied by the German army.
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Episode 7: Codename: Cerberus
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Episode 8: Double Joker (1)
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Episode 9: Double Joker (2)
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Episode 10: Pursuit
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