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Movie: Kaiji / Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler / Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
Romaji: Kaiji: Jinsei Gyakuten Gemu
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: Masatoshi Yamaguchi
Cinematographer: Katsumi Yanagijima
Release Date: October 10, 2009
Runtime: 120 min.
Genre: Suspense-Thriller / Death Game / Based on a Comic
Production Company: NTV
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

Based on Nobuyuki Fukumoto's manga "Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji".
Related titles:
1. Kaiji (2009)
2. Kaiji 2 (2011)
3. Kaiji: Final Game (2020)

Cast



Tatsuya Fujiwara	Yuki Amami	Taro Yamamoto	Ken Mitsuishi
Kaiji Ito	Rinko Endo	Joji Funai	Koji Ishida



Suzuki Matsuo	Kenichi Matsuyama	Kei Sato	Teruyuki Kagawa
Taro Otsuki	Makoto Sahara	Kazutaka Hyoto	Yukio Tonegawa

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2010 (10th) Nippon Connection - April 14-19 - Nippon Cinema *European Premiere

Comments

Maria Raaymakers May 30 2019 8:44 pm Love it! Haven't seen the anime yet but will. Tatsuya and Kenichi together again yay! lol Wish there were more scenes with them together. As far as I'm aware there are more scenes with them in the anime.

Kazuma Jan 13 2014 7:14 pm I couldn't stop watching this movie. Drinking a beer and saying "it's so good it's wicked." Hehheh.

KDA Sep 07 2012 7:31 pm L and Light in the same movie again is pretty ironic >.>

mujrie hc Jan 21 2012 2:20 pm ost soundtrack never say die and it's all so much by yui :) huhui ...

Grace Apr 29 2011 4:05 am Battle Royale + Liar Game + Death Note

Yumi Jun 20 2010 7:02 am This movie was great!!!!!!!!!

Cassidy loves asians(: Oct 16 2009 12:37 pm Hahah, this movie should be good(: Kenichi Matsuyama and Tatsuya Fujiwara again! haha, there reallly good.

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