Overview - Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Date of release

Genres

  • Thriller
  • Drama
  • Mystery

Runtime: 130 minutes

Homepage: Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • 日本語

Production companies

  • Name: TOHO

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Horipro

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Nippon Television Network Corporation

    Production country Japan

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.

Cast

  • Name: Tatsuya Fujiwara

    Character: Kaiji Ito

    Popularity: 0.8675

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  • Name: Kenichi Matsuyama

    Character: Makoto Sahara

    Popularity: 0.9693

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  • Name: Taro Yamamoto

    Character: Joji Funai

    Popularity: 0.7346

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  • Name: Teruyuki Kagawa

    Character: Yukio Tonegawa

    Popularity: 0.8966

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  • Name: Yuki Amami

    Character: Rinko Endo

    Popularity: 1.4238

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  • Name: Yuriko Yoshitaka

    Character: Yasuda, Ishida Hiromi

    Popularity: 1.8064

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  • Name: Ken Mitsuishi

    Character: Koji Ishida

    Popularity: 0.9138

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  • Name: Kei Satō

    Character: Kazutaka Okada

    Popularity: 0.5542

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