Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler (2019)

Original title

映画 賭󠄀ケグルイ

Directed by

Tsutomu Hanabusa

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h

Rated

15

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 82 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A girl named Yumeko transfers to a school where social standing is decided by gambling. She loves the thrill and challenge of taking high risks, which shakes up the ruthless competitive system.

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What happens

Kakegurui (Japanese: 賭ケグルイ) is a 2019 Japanese film adaptation of a manga series of the same name by Homura Kawamoto and Tōru Naomura. It is directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa, distributed by GAGA Pictures, and stars Minami Hamabe and Mahiro Takasugi as Yumeko Jabami and Ryota Suzui, respectively. It was released in Japan on May 3, 2019. A sequel, entitled Ultimate Russian Roulette, was released on June 1, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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