Japan Synopsis
カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム
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.
The 2008–2010 Japan Window
386 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler sits at position #186.
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
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Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,528 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Thriller productions specifically: #94 of 324 (top 29%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Horipro, Nippon Television Network Corporation |
| Runtime | 2h 10m |
| Release Date | October 10, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1309449 |
| Official Site | www.ntv.co.jp |