Kaiji 2
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- Nobuyuki Fukumoto
- Junya Yamazaki
- Sachiko Ōguchi
by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
- Seiji Okuda
- Osamu Kamikura
- Toshio Nakatani
- Hiroshi Miyazaki
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| Directed by | Tōya Satō |
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| Based on | Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto |
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| Cinematography | Osamu Fujiishi |
| Edited by | Mototaka Kusakabe |
| Music by | Yugo Kanno |
Production company | AX-ON |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $21 million |
Kaiji 2 (カイジ2 人生奪回ゲーム, Kaiji 2 Jinsei Dakkai Gēmu; lit. Kaiji 2: Life Recovery Game) is a 2011 Japanese live-action film based on Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji, the second part of the manga series Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is the second film of a trilogy directed by Tōya Satō and premiered in Japan on November 5, 2011. It was followed by Kaiji: Final Game released in 2020.
Set one year after Kaiji Itō's victory against the Teiai Group. Despite his earlier success, Kaiji has returned to poverty and is forced back into labor to repay his debts. With the help of allies, he re-enters the world of high-stakes gambling, aiming to win ¥200 million within two weeks to secure freedom for himself and others enslaved by Teiai's debt system.
The contests include Chinchirorin, a traditional dice game with variable rewards; the Princess and the Slave, a life-or-death game requiring strategic door selection; and the Swamp, an elaborate pachinko machine with nearly impossible odds. Kaiji confronts Seiya Ichijō, the orchestrator of the Swamp, in a final bid to escape his relentless cycle of debt and subjugation.
Cast
- Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kaiji Itō
- Yūsuke Iseya as Seiya Ichijō
- Yuriko Yoshitaka as Hiromi Ishida
- Katsuhisa Namase as Kōtarō Sakazaki
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Yukio Tonegawa
- Suzuki Matsuo as Taro Ōtsuki
- Hayato Kakizawa as Murakami
- Ken Mitsuishi as Kōji Ishida
- Tarō Yamamoto as Jōji Funai
- Kyūsaku Shimada as Yoshihiro Kurosaki
Soundtrack
Yugo Kanno composed the music for the film. The original score was released on November 2, 2011.[1]
Release
Kaiji 2 was announced in November 2009.[2] Kaiji 2 was theatrically released on November 5, 2011, in Japan.[3] It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 25, 2012.[4][5]
The film was screened at the anime convention AM² in Anaheim, California in June 2012.[6]