TV series
Kaiji
Kaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps—that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by himself, Kaiji is offered a shady deal to participate in an illegal underground gamble on a cruise ship. This turns out to be nothing more than the beginning of his new life of hell—thrown headlong into a life-threatening roller coaster of mind games, cheating, and deceit.
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Where to watch in United States
Checked Sep 3, 2026
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Synopsis
Kaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps—that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by himself, Kaiji is offered a shady deal to participate in an illegal underground gamble on a cruise ship. This turns out to be nothing more than the beginning of his new life of hell—thrown headlong into a life-threatening roller coaster of mind games, cheating, and deceit.
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More about Kaiji
Cast
Masato HagiwaraKaiji (voice)
Fumihiko TachikiNarrator (voice)
HakuryuTonegawa (voice)
Naoya UchidaEndo (voice)
Hideo IshikawaFunai (voice)
Hiroshi YanakaIshida (voice)
Yasunori MatsumotoFuruhata (voice)
Toshiharu SakuraiAndo (voice)Credits
- Written by
- Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, Mitsutaka Hirota
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 52
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 逆境無頼カイジ
Networks & production
Nippon TVJapan
MadhouseJapan
