Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 10, 2009

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TOHO,Nippon Television Network Corporation,Kodansha,VAP,D.N. Dream Partners,Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation,Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company,Miyagi Television Broadcasting,Shizuoka Daiichi Television,Hiroshima Telecasting,Fukuoka Broadcasting System,Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company,Horipro,AX-ON,TOHO, Horipro, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Hiroshima Telecasting, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Kodansha, D.N. Dream Partners, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, AX-ON

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt1309449