Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Seen it?2009 | 130 min | Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 10 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$25 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 30K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Tōya Satō
- Tatsuya FujiwaraKaiji Ito
- Yuki AmamiRinko Endo
- Teruyuki KagawaYukio Tonegawa
- Taro YamamotoJoji Funai
- Ken MitsuishiKoji Ishida
- Yuriko YoshitakaHiromi Ishida
- Suzuki MatsuoTaro Otsuki
- Kei SatōKazutaka Hyodo
- Kenichi MatsuyamaMakoto Sahara
- ShogenSatoru Majima