Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)

10/10/2009
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
2h 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.

  • Tōya SatōDirector
  • Mika OhmoriScreenplay
  • Nobuyuki FukumotoScreenplay
  • Original Title

    カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • japan
  • based on manga
  • game
  • mind game
  • drastic change of life
  • mind games
  • game of chance
  • death game
  • cheat each other
  • deceive
  • chance to make big bucks

Top Billed Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Kaiji Ito

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Makoto Sahara

Taro Yamamoto

Taro Yamamoto

Joji Funai

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yukio Tonegawa

Yuki Amami

Yuki Amami

Rinko Endo

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yasuda, Ishida Hiromi

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Koji Ishida

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Kazutaka Okada

Suzuki Matsuo

Suzuki Matsuo

Taro Otsuki

Ryushin Tei

Ryushin Tei

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