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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

2009-10-10 · 130 min · ★ 6.8

Thriller · Drama · Mystery

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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Directors
Tōya Satō
Production companies
TOHO, Horipro, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Hiroshima Telecasting, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Kodansha, D.N. Dream Partners, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, AX-ON
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tatsuya FujiwaraTatsuya FujiwaraKaiji Ito
Yuki AmamiYuki AmamiRinko Endo
Teruyuki KagawaTeruyuki KagawaYukio Tonegawa
Taro YamamotoTaro YamamotoJoji Funai
Ken MitsuishiKen MitsuishiKoji Ishida
Yuriko YoshitakaYuriko YoshitakaHiromi Ishida
Suzuki MatsuoSuzuki MatsuoTaro Otsuki
Kei SatōKei SatōKazutaka Hyodo
Kenichi MatsuyamaKenichi MatsuyamaMakoto Sahara
ShogenShogenSatoru Majima
Ryuji SaineiRyuji SaineiKensuke Isawa

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