Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Tokyo streets at dusk, neon lights reflecting off a whiskey glass, debt collector's knock. A young man's desperate choices: 10 years of debt or one night on a gambling boat. Tōya Satō directs this dark thriller.

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Tōya Satō directed Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler in 2009. See Tōya Satō's full filmography, where to start with Tōya Satō, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tōya Satō.

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler was released in 2009 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 130 minutes.