Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
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.
- Genre: Action, Animation, Drama, Thriller
- Studio: Nippon Television Network Corporation, D.N. Dream Partners, VAP, Madhouse
- Keyword: gambling, survival, social commentary, betrayal, debt, psychological thriller, strategy, moral dilemma, human nature, suspense
- Cast: Masato Hagiwara, Hakuryuu, Naoya Uchida, Masahiro Koumoto, Toshiharu Sakurai, Masane Tsukayama