Kaiji (2009 film)

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Kaiji
Film poster
Directed by	Tōya Satō
Written by	Mika Ōmori
Based on	Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Produced by	Seiji Okuda Toshio Nakatani Naoto Fujimura Kazuhisa Kitajima Masatoshi Yamaguchi
Starring	Tatsuya Fujiwara Yūki Amami Teruyuki Kagawa
Cinematography	Katsumi Yanagijima
Music by	Yugo Kanno
Production company	AX-ON
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	October 10, 2009 (2009-10-10)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$25 million

Kaiji (カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム, Kaiji Jinsei Gyakuten Gēmu, lit. "Kaiji: Life Turn-Around Game"), also known as Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler, is a 2009 Japanese live-action film based on Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, the first part of the manga series Kaiji, written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is the first film of a trilogy directed by Tōya Satō and premiered in Japan on October 10, 2009. It was followed by Kaiji 2, released in 2011.