Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)

6.7/10 130 min Thriller Drama Mystery

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

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Kaiji Ito

Yuki Amami

Rinko Endo

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yukio Tonegawa

Taro Yamamoto

Joji Funai

Ken Mitsuishi

Koji Ishida

Kenichi Matsuyama

Makoto Sahara

Suzuki Matsuo

Taro Otsuki

Kei Satō

Kazutaka Okada

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yasuda, Ishida Hiromi

Ryushin Tei

Shogen

Majima

Ryuji Sainei

Koichi Yamada

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