Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

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Certificate: 12
Running Time: 130min
Retail Price: £15.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Kaiji Ito (Tatsuya Fujiwara - Death Note/Battle Royale) moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalising cars, and drinking. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo arrives to collect payment. She then offers two choices to Kaiji: spend 10 years paying off his loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay his debt and possibly make a whole lot more. Meanwhile, the unscrupulous Endo is actually conning Kaiji, believing he won't come back from his voyage. Kaiji is then up for the night of his life……

Special Features:
 Original Japanese Trailer
 Making of Documentary

Video Tracks:
Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Japanese

Subtitle Tracks:
English

Directed By:
Tôya Satô

Written By:


Starring:
Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Teruyuki Kagawa
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Tarô Yamamoto

Soundtrack By:
Yûgo Kanno

Director of Photography:
Katsumi Yanagijima

Visual Effects:
Hiroshi Koike

Distributor:
4Digital Asia

Your Opinions and Comments

7 / 10
I'm puzzled by how a quote from Curtis' review ended up on the front cover of the DVD before the review was posted - the cover was uploaded to the site 10 days before his review!
posted by David Beckett on 20/8/2010 09:56
A flux capacitor maybe! It's a really cool occurrence none the less.
posted by Reviewer News on 25/8/2010 12:25