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Kakegurui
Kakegurui
	Film poster
Kanji	賭ケグルイ
Revised Hepburn	Kakegurui
Directed by	Tsutomu Hanabusa
Written by	Mizuto Takano, Tsutomu Hanabusa
Based on	Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler; by Homura Kawamoto; Tōru Naomura;
Produced by	Takeshi Matsushita; Tatsuya Iwakura;
Starring	Minami Hamabe; Mahiro Takasugi; Aoi Morikawa; Ruka Matsuda; Yurika Nakamura; Mito Natsume;
Cinematography	Takashi Komatsu
Edited by	Naoichiro Sagara
Music by	Michiru
Production; company	Dub, Inc.;
Distributed by	GAGA Pictures;
Release date	May 3, 2019;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$2.6 million

Kakegurui (Japanese: 賭ケグルイ) 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The sequel, Kakegurui 2: 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

Minami Hamabe as Yumeko Jabami
Mahiro Takasugi as Ryota Suzui
Aoi Morikawa as Mary Saotome
Ruka Matsuda as Itsuki Sumeragi
Yurika Nakamura as Sayaka Igarashi
Elaiza Ikeda as Kirari Momobami and Ririka Momobami
Taishi Nakagawa as Kaede Manyuda
Sayuri Matsumura as Yumemi Yumemite
Miki Yanagi as Midari Ikishima
Natsumi Okamoto as Yuriko Nishinotouin
Mito Natsume as Runa Yomozuki
Yuma Yamoto as Jun Kiwatari
Kiyo Matsumoto as Nanami Tsubomi
Haruka Fukuhara as Jueri Arukibi
Hio Miyazawa as Amane Murasame
Marika Itō as Tomu Inuhachi
Akira Onodera as Kyu Nitobe

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."^[5]

Kakegurui grossed $2.6 million at the box office.^[1]