Tatsuya Fujiwara Returns for 'Kaiji: Life Revenge Game' in 2027
The new film revives the live-action Kaiji series after a seven-year gap, with original creator Nobuyuki Fukumoto joining as a script collaborator.
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Toho announced the fourth live-action Kaiji film, 'Kaiji: Life Revenge Game', starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, will release on January 29, 2027. The film comes seven years after 'Kaiji: Final Game' and features a teaser poster with the tagline 'Welcome back, you scum.' Kaiji faces a new antagonist, Kazuya Hyodo, a representative of the Teiai Group.
Toho announced on June 10 that the fourth live-action Kaiji film, 'Kaiji: Life Revenge Game', will open on January 29, 2027. Tatsuya Fujiwara returns as Itou Kaiji, who once fought the Teiai Group but has since fallen back into a dissolute lifestyle. This time he faces a new representative of the group, Kazuya Hyodo. The teaser poster carries the line 'Welcome back, you scum.' Touya Satou, who directed the previous films, returns to direct. The screenplay is by Masatoshi Yamaguchi, with original manga author Nobuyuki Fukumoto credited as a script collaborator. A teaser video has been released on Toho's official YouTube channel.
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