Japan Synopsis
カイジ2 人生奪回ゲーム
3 years after the ultimate life-or-death game with Teiai Group, Kaiji was entrapped by Teiai and again back in the underground, forced to do hard labour. One day, Kaiji wins a bet to get out of the underground with 1 million yen, and promises the other workers that he will save them. But to do so, he only has 14 days and needs 200 million yen! Kaiji meets his former rival Tonegawa and learns that there is a chance to turn the tables in the game. It was a monster casino machine that will make 1 billion yen if you win…
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Horipro
Thriller + Drama in Japan
142 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler itself).
The 2010–2012 Japan Window
Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler holds position #274 of 441 Japan films in the 2010–2012 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler premiered alongside 138 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 138 other Japan films in 2011.
The 2529th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
33 audience reviews — more than 53% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 56th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- games · 5
- drastic change of life · 5
- cheat each other · 5
- deceive · 5
- chance to make big bucks · 5
- chance · 4
- mind game · 4
- mind games · 3
- game of chance · 3
- death game · 17
- japan · 454
- based on manga · 297
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,962 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Thriller productions specifically: #126 of 324 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Horipro, Nippon Television Network Corporation, TOHO, Kodansha |
| Runtime | 2h 13m |
| Release Date | November 5, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt1904937 |
| Official Site | www.kaiji-movie.jp |