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  • Movie: Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
  • Romaji: Kaiji
  • Japanese: カイジ / カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム
  • Director: Toya Sato
  • Writer: Mika Omori (Screenplay) Nobuyuki Fukumoto (manga)
  • Producer:
  • Cinematographer:
  • Release Date: October 10, 2009
  • Runtime: 120 Min
  • Distributor: Toho
  • Language: Japanese
  • Country: Japan

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 no better, a debt collector named Endo arrives to collect money. The debt collector then offers two choices to Kaiji: spend 10 year paying off your loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay your debt & possibly make a whole lot more. Meanwhile, the unscrupulous Endo is actually conning Kaiji, believing he won't come back from voyage. Kaiji is then up for the night of his life.

Notes

  1. Based on Nobuyuki Fukumoto's manga "Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji".
  2. Related titles:
    1. Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji II (2011)

Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara Yuki Amami Taro Yamamoto Ken Mitsuishi
Kaiji
Suzuki Matsuo Ken'ichi Matsuyama Kei Sato Teruyuki Kagawa

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