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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-10-10
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Time: 2h 10m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
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Movie: Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Top 10 Billed Cast
藤原竜也
Kaiji Ito
松山ケンイチ
Makoto Sahara
山本太郎
Joji Funai
香川照之
Yukio Tonegawa
天海祐希
Rinko Endo
吉高由里子
Yasuda, Ishida Hiromi
光石研
Koji Ishida
佐藤慶
Kazutaka Okada
松尾スズキ
Taro Otsuki
テイ龍進
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