Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Name: Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2009-10-10
Duration: 2 h 10 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yuki Amami, Teruyuki Kagawa, Taro Yamamoto, Ken Mitsuishi

2009·Movie·130 min·★ 6.8(81)

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“Life or death... on the turn of a card!”

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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About Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler is a 2009 Japanese-language thriller, drama and mystery film directed by Tōya Satō. The cast is led by Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yuki Amami, Teruyuki Kagawa. It has a runtime of 2h 10m. Viewers rate it 6.8/10 across 100 ratings.

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler was produced by TOHO, Horipro, and Nippon Television Network Corporation and made in Japan. It was released on October 10, 2009.

Director: Tōya Satō
Writers: Mika Ohmori, Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Release date: October 10, 2009
Original language: Japanese
Status: Released
Country: Japan
Production: TOHO, Horipro, Nippon Television Network Corporation

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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler cast & crew

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler was directed by Tōya Satō and written by Mika Ohmori and Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

The cast features 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, and Yuriko Yoshitaka as Hiromi Ishida.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Yugo Kanno, cinematography is by Katsumi Yanagijima, and it was produced by Naoto Fujimura and Seiji Okuda.

Is Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler worth watching?

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler holds an audience score of 6.8/10 from 81 ratings, a solidly received thriller films.

At 2h 10m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy thriller, drama, and mystery, Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler is worth a place on your watchlist.

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