Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)
2h 10m
Running Time
October 10, 2009Release Date
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)
2h 10m
Running Time
October 10, 2009Release Date
Network & Production Companies



Plot.
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 & Crew.

Tatsuya Fujiwara
Kaiji Ito

Kenichi Matsuyama
Makoto Sahara

Taro Yamamoto
Joji Funai

Teruyuki Kagawa
Yukio Tonegawa

Yuki Amami
Rinko Endo

Yuriko Yoshitaka
Yasuda, Ishida Hiromi

Ken Mitsuishi
Koji Ishida

Kei Satō
Kazutaka Okada

Suzuki Matsuo
Taro Otsuki

Ryushin Tei

Shogen
Majima

Takuma Anzai
Actor

Tōya Satō
Director

Mika Ohmori
Screenplay

Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Comic Book / Screenplay

Naoto Fujimura
Producer

Kazuhisa Kitajima
Producer

Seiji Okuda
Executive Producer

Naoki Suganuma
Co-Producer

Yugo Kanno
Composer

Katsumi Yanagijima
Cinematographer

Takashi Kamikura
Co-Producer

Ryuji Sainei
Media.


Details.
Release DateOctober 10, 2009
Original Nameカイジ 人生逆転ゲーム
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 10m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
death game
japan
based on manga
mind game
drastic change of life
mind games
game of chance
cheat each other
deceive
chance to make big bucks
game
Wiki.
Kaiji (カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム, Kaiji: Jinsei Gyakuten Gēmu, Kaiji: Life Turn-Around Game), also known as Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler, is a 2009 Japanese live-action film based on Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, the first part of the manga series Kaiji, written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is the first film of a trilogy directed by Tōya Satō and premiered in Japan on October 10, 2009. It was followed by Kaiji 2, released in 2011.
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