A suspense thriller about two men, one of whom tells his darkest secret to the other, and the ensuing fight for survival between the two in a snowbound hut.

3 years after the ultimate life-or-death game with Teiai Group, Kaiji was entrapped by Teiai and again back in the underground, forced to do hard labour. One day, Kaiji wins a bet to get out of the underground with 1 million yen, and promises the other workers that he will save them. But to do so, he only has 14 days and needs 200 million yen! Kaiji meets his former rival Tonegawa and learns that there is a chance to turn the tables in the game. It was a monster casino machine that will make 1 billion yen if you win...

在帝爱集团会长·兵藤和尊的命令下， 被交付了由债务者们进行的“死亡游戏”这一企划的干部·利根川幸雄！！ 立刻召开企划会议的利根川，摆在他面前的是受难……！！烦闷……！！以及绝望……！！ 描绘夹在会长与黑衣人之间苦恼不已的利根川的恶魔外传，动画化始动……！！

Kaiji is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything he, or most people, have experienced. The adventure is not without risk and danger however. He is given four games, which are challenges, and include life and death situations.

下着雨的偏僻的麻将馆中，出现了一个由于无事可做而沉溺于麻将的少年。无论是谁，看到他那雪白的头发，都会情不自禁的想象他至今走过的人生。少年的名字叫akagi…… 作者以麻雀贯穿整部动画加之阴暗的背景和大量的心里描写竟然能够想像出那么多不符合常理的事情来！可想而知作者对这部动漫付出了多少心血！一部关于麻雀的动漫作品,作者竟然能计算出了那么多东西！实在难能可贵！ 人物的造型设计是个性了点但是这一点也不形象整部动漫的可看性！而这恰恰是一种新的动漫风格,使整部动画更加的”写实”化了．

此剧改编自人气漫画家福本伸行的同名经典漫画。这也是福本先生作品首次被民放台真人化。池松饰演作什么工作都不顺利的主人公·森田铁雄。他在连赌连败之时，于赛马场遇到了暗社会的名人·平井银二。憧憬于天才般获得大量金钱的银二的身姿，森田暗下决心“我想成为超过银被人称作金的人”，跟暗社会的权力者对战金钱游戏。

After one of his coworkers fails to repay a debt, apathetic bum Kaiji Itou is pressured by loan sharks to settle the large sum of cash. Since Kaiji has little money and no future prospects of his own, he is unable to return what his colleague borrowed. Faced with massive financial burdens, Kaiji is given an offer to board the illustrious Espoir—it is said that "one night aboard the ship, and all of your debts will be paid." What seems like a simple night of gambling quickly turns into a game of strategy and betrayal. With the losers of the tournament being subjected to a backbreaking life of indebted servitude, Kaiji must choose his actions—and allies—carefully. However, this is only the beginning of a series of gambles that will wager Kaiji's life, testing the full extent of his wits and will to survive.

2009 live action adaptation of the Kaiji manga

Several months after the events of the first season, Kaiji, with his appendages reattached and his debt now run up to 9.5 million yen, is still desperately seeking the elusive big score that will cancel all of his markers. Unbeknownst to him, Hyodo’s company, the Teiai Corporation, is actively searching for Kaiji, and have sent Kaiji’s old “friend” Endoh, who entered him in the high stakes games in the past, to find him. The two meet when Kaiji chances to walk in front of Endoh’s car at a stop light, and thinking that he has found the answer to his prayers, Kaiji gets in the car with him. While Kaiji and Endoh are “happy” to see one another, and both want to see Kaiji’s debt repaid, their means to that goal couldn’t be more different. Instead of leading Kaiji to the big score, Endoh delivers him drugged and docile to the Teiai Corporation’s secret underground labor camp where Kaiji will have an opportunity to repay his debt… with 15 years of hard labor.