Kaiji

Kaiji

Synopsis

“Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler” is an exciting psychological thriller starring Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kaiji, man forced to enter a deadly gambling competition aboard a cruise ship, to erase a large financial debt. Based on Nobuyuki Fukumoto’s hit manga series which has sold over 11 million copies, Kaiji is a 26 year-old job-hopping bum who suddenly finds himself riddled in debt after a shadowy loan company informs him that he is responsible for a loan taken by his friend (who has since gone missing) and whom he casually co-signed as a loan guarantor for!

Official Site: NA

Singapore Release Date: 11th March 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 130 minutes

Ratings: PG

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken’ichi Matsuyama, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yuki Amami, Teruyuki Kagawa

Crew: Director (Toya Sato), Music (Yûgo Kanno), Cinematography (Katsumi Yanagijima)

The Trailer

The Review

Not wanting to offend the hordes of this cult manga, I observed there’s mixed review of this Toya Sato production.

As much as I love the manga, the screen adaptation for me was disappointing.

It’s kinda too ‘emo’ for my taste as it was too sappy, turn somewhat irritating.

And the scenes was pretty draggy, redundant dialogues that serves no purpose in the story.

Give it a miss, unless you’re a hardcore fan.

The Good

• Movie pacing was alright

The Bad

• Poor adaptation
• Needs more action

Editor’s Ratings