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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

2009 · 130 min Thriller Drama Mystery
6.8 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Tōya Satō

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Kaiji Ito

Yuki Amami

Yuki Amami

Rinko Endo

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yukio Tonegawa

Taro Yamamoto

Taro Yamamoto

Joji Funai

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Koji Ishida

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Makoto Sahara

Suzuki Matsuo

Suzuki Matsuo

Taro Otsuki

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Kazutaka Okada

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yasuda, Ishida Hiromi

Ryushin Tei

Ryushin Tei

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