Kaiji (2007)
52Episodes in2Seasons·


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Kaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps—that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by himself, Kaiji is offered a shady deal to participate in an illegal underground gamble on a cruise ship. This turns out to be nothing more than the beginning of his new life of hell—thrown headlong into a life-threatening roller coaster of mind games, cheating, and deceit.
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Directed by: Yuzo Sato, Masaki Hinata, Nanako Shimazaki
Written by: Hideo Takayashiki, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, Mitsutaka Hirota
Composed by: Hideki Taniuchi
Cast

Masato Hagiwara
Kaiji (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki
Narrator (voice)

Youichi Nishijima
Man in Black (voice)

Yukitoshi Tokumoto
No. 7 (voice)

Kunihiro Kawamoto
Murakami (voice)

Nobuaki Kanemitsu
Yokoi (voice)

Masane Tsukayama
Hyodo (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura
No. 10 (voice)

Ichitaro Ai
Hashimoto (voice)

Masato Kaji
Maeda (voice)
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