Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)

Original title

カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム

Directed by

Toya Sato

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

G

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A down-on-his-luck young man volunteers to gamble for money on a mysterious cruise ship. He must win dangerous games to pay off his crushing debt and avoid terrible consequences.

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What happens

Kaiji (Japanese: カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム, Hepburn: Kaiji: Jinsei Gyakuten Gēmu; lit. 'Kaiji: Life Turn-Around Game'), also known as Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler, is a 2009 Japanese live-action film based on Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, the first part of the manga series Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is the first installmente of the Kaiji film series directed by Tōya Satō and premiered in Japan on October 10, 2009. It was followed by Kaiji 2, released in 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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