Overview
Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo arrives to collect money owed. The debt collector offers two choices to Kaiji: spend 10 years paying off his loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay his debt & possibly make a boat load of money. Could the debt collector Endo actually be setting up Kaiji? One way or another, for Kaiji it's going to be the night of his life.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 27 | 43 | |
 | 42 | 58 | |
 | 43 | 59 | |
 | 34 | 50 | |
 | 48 | 63 | |
 | 24 | 40 | |
 | 46 | 62 | |
 | 80 | May 2, 2010 (81) | |
 | 21 | 37 | |
 | 36 | 52 |