Kakegurui (film)

{{short description|Japanese film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Kakegurui

| image = Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler (film).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Film poster

| native_name = {{Infobox Japanese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none|kanji=賭ケグルイ|revhep=Kakegurui}}

| director = Tsutomu Hanabusa

| producer = {{ubl|Takeshi Matsushita|Tatsuya Iwakura}}

| writer = Mizuto Takano, Tsutomu Hanabusa

| based_on = {{based on|Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler|Homura Kawamoto|Tōru Naomura}}

| starring = {{ubl|Minami Hamabe|Mahiro Takasugi|Aoi Morikawa|Ruka Matsuda|Yurika Nakamura|Mito Natsume}}

| music = Michiru

| cinematography = Takashi Komatsu

| editing = Naoichiro Sagara

| studio = {{ubl|Dub, Inc.|}}

| distributor = {{ubl|GAGA Pictures}}

| released = {{film date|2019|5|3}}

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross = $2.6 million{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2929296385/weekend/ |title=Kakegurui |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=March 1, 2023}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Kakegurui|賭ケグルイ|lead=yes}} is a 2019 Japanese film adaptation of a manga series of the same name by Homura Kawamoto and Tōru Naomura. It is directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa, distributed by GAGA Pictures, and stars Minami Hamabe and Mahiro Takasugi as Yumeko Jabami and Ryota Suzui, respectively. It was released in Japan on May 3, 2019.{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/89639/|title= 映画 賭ケグルイ|accessdate= August 12, 2018|work= eiga.com}}{{Cite news |title=浜辺美波、高杉真宙、森川葵ら出演「賭ケグルイ」映画化!ドラマ2期も放送 |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/294695 |date=2018-08-09 |newspaper=映画ナタリー |accessdate=2018-08-09}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-19/live-action-kakegurui-series-season-2-casts-sayuri-matsumura-as-yumemi/.135571|title=Live-Action Kakegurui Series Season 2 Casts Sayuri Matsumura as Yumemi|date=August 19, 2018|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=October 11, 2018}}

A sequel, entitled Ultimate Russian Roulette, was released on Jun 1, 2021.

Plot

Hyakkaou Private Academy is a prestigious institution for the privileged, and was first established 122 years ago. The students there are ranked by their gambling winnings. The winners receive everything including fame and fortune. The winners also dominate the losers. One day, transfer student Yumeko Jabami arrives at the academy, quickly showing she is a gambling maniac who loves high stakes.

Cast

Reception

According to The Japan Times, the "production values are high: "The film's high school resembles a casino for high rollers in a 007 and a political flick." It also called the tone "more comically ironic than melodramatically overwrought."[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/05/08/films/film-reviews/kakegurui-high-stakes-high-school-battle/#.XlKgBi2ZPOQ japantimes.co]

Kakegurui grossed $2.6 million at the box office.

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