Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)

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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler on IMDb 6.5/10 1,071 votes

Released:
2009-10-10

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.

Director:
Tōya Satō

Runtime:
2h 10min

Genre:
Thriller, Drama, Mystery

  • Cast:
  • Tatsuya Fujiwara
    as
    Kaiji Ito
  • Yuki Amami
    as
    Rinko Endo
  • Teruyuki Kagawa
    as
    Yukio Tonegawa
  • Taro Yamamoto
    as
    Joji Funai
  • Ken Mitsuishi
    as
    Koji Ishida