Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay of their debts. After some coercing kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in or... |
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Ratings: | TVMaze: 7.7/10 | |
Released: | October 2, 2007 | |
Runtime: | 30 min | |
Genres: | Drama Thriller Anime | |
AKA: | Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji, Kaiji: Against All Rules, Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor, Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji, 逆境無頼カイジ Ultimate Survivor, 逆境無頼カイジ 破戒録篇 | |
Countries: | Japan | |
Companies: | NTV Madhouse | |
Cast: | Masato Hagiwara Masane Tsukayama Naoya Uchida | |
DaniBl : This could have been so much better if it wasn't so stereotypical. They put too much focus...