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Kaiji 2
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Wikipedia article
is a 2011 Japanese live-action film based on 'Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji', the second part of the manga series 'Kaiji', written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is the second film of a trilogy directed by Tya Sat and premiered in Japan on November 5, 2011. It was followed by 'Kaiji: Final Game' released in 2020.
Cast
*Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kaiji It
*Ysuke Iseya as Seiya Ichij
*Yuriko Yoshitaka as Hiromi Ishida
*Katsuhisa Namase as Ktar Sakazaki
*Teruyuki Kagawa as Yukio Tonegawa
*Suzuki Matsuo as Taro tsuki
*Hayato Kakizawa as Murakami
*Ken Mitsuishi as Kji Ishida
*Tar Yamamoto as Jji Funai
*Kysaku Shimada as Yoshihiro Kurosaki
*Maxwell Powers as Swamp (voice)
Soundtrack
Yugo Kanno composed the music for the film. The original score was released on November 2, 2011.
Release
'Kaiji 2' was announced in November 2009. 'Kaiji 2' was theatrically released on November 5, 2011 in Japan. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 25, 2012.
The film was screened at the anime convention AM in Anaheim, California in June 2012.
Reception
Box office
'Kaiji 2' was Japan's nineteenth highest-grossing film of 2011, earning at the Japanese box office that year. The film also grossed $68,175 overseas in Singapore, bringing the film's international total gross to $21,068,175.Critical reception
In a review of 'Kaiji 2', Maggie Lee of 'The Hollywood Reporter' felt little suspense and satisfaction with the characters and the actors' performance. She wrote that the cast "cranks up their acting" but due their "cardboard" roles they "have no hopes of being more than that". Lee expressed no excitement in the "character reversals", pointing out that they have become quite common in the survival game genre, with works like 'Liar Game' or 'The Incite Mill', stating "no matter how many times the key persons in 'Kaiji' switch their allegiances, it no longer surprises." Nevertheless, Lee praised the camera movements, music and sound levels, ultimately calling the film a "geeky but still entertaining sequel to the crowd-pleasing "gambling" genre."References
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