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Tatsuya Fujiwara, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yuki Amami, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Ryushin Tei

After graduating from high school in 1996 in Japan, Itō Kaiji moves to Tokyo to get a job, but he fails to find steady employment because of his eccentric disposition and because the country is m... read more read more...ired in its first recession since World War II. Depressed, he festers in his apartment, biding the time with cheap pranks, gambles, liquor and cigarettes. Kaiji is always thinking about money and his perpetual poverty frequently brings him to tears.

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Unrated, 2 hr. 10 min.

Directed by: Tôya Satô

Release Date: October 10, 2009

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  • February 16, 2011
    There's a good lesson in here about fighting for what you want. And the three big "games" are riveting. Sadly, the endless whining and melodrama that makes up the rest of the film is really wearing.

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Anton Bitel
August 5, 2010
Anton Bitel, Little White Lies

director Satô Tôya fails to grasp a lesson familiar to most gamblers: overplay your hand, and you tend to lose. Full Review

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