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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Oct 10, 2009 · 2h 10m
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Thriller
Drama
Mystery

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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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CAST

Tatsuya Fujiwara
Kaiji Ito
Yuki Amami
Rinko Endo
Teruyuki Kagawa
Yukio Tonegawa
Taro Yamamoto
Joji Funai
Ken Mitsuishi
Koji Ishida
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Hiromi Ishida
Suzuki Matsuo
Taro Otsuki
Kei Satō
Kazutaka Hyodo
Directed by Tōya Satō

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
JA
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
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
Country
JP

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