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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)

Drama Thriller Mystery
Release Date: 2009, October 10
Directors: Tōya Satō
Countries: Japan
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
Cast: Kei Satō, Yuki Amami, Ken Mitsuishi, Suzuki Matsuo, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Taro Yamamoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Shogen, Ryushin Tei, Ryuji Sainei

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.

Keywords:

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