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Kaiji

Original title: Gyakkyô burai Kaiji
  • TV Series
  • 2007–2011
  • TV-14
  • 23m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
4.5K
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Kaiji (2007)
AnimePsychological DramaPsychological ThrillerActionAnimationThriller

A young japanese man finds himself in a strange game to recover from his debts.A young japanese man finds himself in a strange game to recover from his debts.A young japanese man finds himself in a strange game to recover from his debts.

  • Stars
    • Jeran Ugokwe
    • Jack Stansbury
    • Masato Hagiwara
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    4.5K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,340
    529
    • Stars
      • Jeran Ugokwe
      • Jack Stansbury
      • Masato Hagiwara
    • 17User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Episodes52

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    Jeran Ugokwe
    • Participant #1 and #7
    • 2008–2011
    Jack Stansbury
    Jack Stansbury
    • Ota
    • 2008
    Masato Hagiwara
    • Kaiji Itô
    • 2007
    Hakuryû
    Hakuryû
    • Tonegawa
    • 2007
    Naoya Uchida
    Naoya Uchida
    • Endô
    • 2007
    Hideo Ishikawa
    • Funai
    • 2007
    Hiroshi Yanaka
    • Ishida
    • 2007
    Yûichi Nakamura
    Yûichi Nakamura
    • Participant A
    • 2007
    Fumihiko Tachiki
    Fumihiko Tachiki
    • Narrator
    • 2007
    Taiten Kusunoki
    • Black Suit A…
    • 2007
    Kunihiro Kawamoto
    • Black Suit B
    • 2007
    Yukitoshi Tokumoto
    • Participant C
    • 2007
    Yôichi Nishjima
    • Black Suit C
    • 2007
    Deke Anderson
    Deke Anderson
    • Mister Emcee
    • 2008
    Malcolm Farrell
    Malcolm Farrell
    • Akikawa
    • 2008
    Mami Sakamoto
    • Nishio
    • 2008
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    10arsdeviu

    More twists than a category 5 tornado

    I have seen lots of good movies and animes, filled with suspense and tension, but " Gambling Apocalypse" is on a whole different level. The nail bitting moments are intense and very well written. The script is A+. Never cheered for someone, so hard, in a movie before.
    10hishamqarooni

    Number 1 in the WORLD

    Best TV animated series you could ever watch in your life.The moment you start watching it you can't STOP it is a MASTERPIECE
    8kingi-77309

    Gambling is Bad and that what matters

    My Review will be in 5 Main Parts: 1- The Goal (10 out of 10): The Anime have several goals like "Never give up, Think Then decide, Fulfillment, Teamwork, ..... etc" And all of those goals positive and the anime delivered it to the viewer in a clear way. The main goal is That "Gambling is Bad", It is obviously that the anime all about gambling and how it's risky and that the hard work is the way to what you want because that gambling is for lazy men who will end up dead, bankrupt or indebted and the lucky one will be rich, but it's a lust in the end so he will continue Gambling and fall in the same problem (it is a cycle that not end). 2- The Excitement: (10 out of 10) It found here in hard situations when kaiji make a decision, And that was done very good and make me feel that Difficulty. 3- The influence: (8 out of 10) The anime make me interact with every scene of win, lose, sadness, happiness *BUT* the sad scenes was less influence that not made me full interact. 4- The Vital (7 out of 10) The anime make me watch it in 4 days only -season 1 in 3 days and season 2 in two days- Every new episode take me to the next one *BUT* season 2 made me bored in some episodes where i think There was unnecessary lengthening. 5- Overview (7 out of 10) As general it was very good anime *BUT* these are some of the points where the anime did not succeed in my view: 1- The scenes of full nudity of the characters in the room of losers it wasn't should to be like this, They could have been partially naked until they go to the permanent punishment, specially that some of them went out from the room. 2- The girl that didn't showed in the anime but mentioned only, why her picture in bikini showed every episode in season 2? "the episode end was enough for her story with kaiji". My Rating: 42/50 == 8/10
    9Shoeeater

    Never been more invested in dice

    I definitely do not have the skills to explain how great this is. Just watch the video made by super eye patch wolf and skip the spoiler part. Go. Go. GO.
    8salahahmed-85112

    Frustrating, playing with your nerves as a ball.

    For me it's the best gambling show I've ever seen, 10/10.. But in general it's 8.5.

    What I realized about this show, in brief, it gives you hope, and take it away at the same moment you become hopeful, it takes it away in the most hurting and painful way. If you want to watch it, keep cool and don't have hope that anything good would happen, until it really happens.

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      Gyakkyô burai Kaiji (2007) served as the inspirational basis for Netflix series Squid Game.
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    • Release date
      • October 2, 2007 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
    • Production companies
      • D.N. Dream Partners
      • Madhouse
      • Nippon Television Network (NTV)
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      23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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