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Usogui

Usogui

20225.61h 59m

Overview

Madarame Baku is a mysterious gambler. His nickname is Usogui (literally The Lie Eater). Club Kakerou is the top illegal gambling den, where gamblers vie to become the best in their profession. Seeing through the lies of others, Madarame Baku challenges a variety of high stakes games at Club Kakerou.

Directed by Hideo Nakata
Written by Itaru Era, Tetsuya Oishi, Toshio Sako
Produced by Masayuki Morikawa
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Top Cast

Ryusei Yokohama

Ryusei Yokohama

Baku Madarame / Usogui

Hayato Sano

Hayato Sano

Takaomi Kaji

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi

Ranko Kurama

Kanata Hongo

Kanata Hongo

Kiro Mekama

Win Morisaki

Win Morisaki

Reo

Kaito Sakurai

Kaito Sakurai

Soichi Kiruma

Hiroaki Murakami

Hiroaki Murakami

Hokoichi Yako

Shohei Miura

Shohei Miura

Ikki Sadakuni

Ryo Kimura

Ryo Kimura

Wataru Kusanami

Shingo Tsurumi

Shingo Tsurumi

Masahiro Onodera

Themes & Keywords

gamblingbased on mangagrifterlive action remakedeath game

About Usogui

Usogui is a mystery, thriller film released in 2022 exploring themes of gambling, based on manga, grifter, live action remake, death game. Directed by Hideo Nakata, it stars Ryusei Yokohama, Hayato Sano, Mai Shiraishi. Madarame Baku is a mysterious gambler. His nickname is Usogui (literally The Lie Eater). Club Kakerou is the top illegal gambling den, where gamblers vie to become the best in their profession. Seeing through the lies of others, Madarame Baku challenges a variety of high stakes games at Club Kakerou.

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