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Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay of their debts. After some coercing kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear himself and make a bit of money as well...

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Starring: Kenichi Matsuyama, Teruyuki Kagawa

Released: October 10, 2009

Runtime: 130.0

Popularity Rating: 1.770

Horipro, Nippon Television Network (NTV), Toho Company

Japan

Makoto Sahara Kenichi Matsuyama
Yukio Tonegawa Teruyuki Kagawa
Joji Funai Taro Yamamoto
Rinko Endo Yuki Amami
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Koji Ishida Ken Mitsuishi
Kazutaka Okada Kei Sato
Taro Otsuki Suzuki Matsuo
Ryushin Tei
Kaiji Ito Tatsuya Fujiwara

Directing — Director: Toya Sato
Writing — Screenplay: Mika Ohmori