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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

20096.82h 10m

Overview

Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo arrives to collect money owed. The debt collector offers two choices to Kaiji: spend 10 years paying off his loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay his debt & possibly make a boat load of money. Could the debt collector Endo actually be setting up Kaiji? One way or another, for Kaiji it's going to be the night of his life.

Directed by Tōya Satō
Written by Mika Ohmori, Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Produced by Naoto Fujimura, Masatoshi Yamaguchi
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Top Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Kaiji Ito

Yuki Amami

Yuki Amami

Rinko Endo

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yukio Tonegawa

Taro Yamamoto

Taro Yamamoto

Joji Funai

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Koji Ishida

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Makoto Sahara

Suzuki Matsuo

Suzuki Matsuo

Taro Otsuki

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Kazutaka Okada

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yasuda, Ishida Hiromi

Ryushin Tei

Ryushin Tei

Themes & Keywords

japanbased on mangagamemind gamedrastic change of lifemind gamesgame of chancedeath gamecheat each otherdeceivechance to make big bucks

About Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler is a thriller, drama, mystery film released in 2009 exploring themes of japan, based on manga, game, mind game, drastic change of life, mind games. Directed by Tōya Satō, it stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yuki Amami, Teruyuki Kagawa. Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo arrives to collect money owed. The debt collector offers two choices to Kaiji: spend 10 years paying off his loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay his debt & possibly make a boat load of money. Could the debt collector Endo actually be setting up Kaiji? One way or another, for Kaiji it's going to be the night of his life.

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