Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor

Director(s)Yuzo Sato

Production year2007

Genre(s)Animation, Drama

Approx. running minutes23m

Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor

KAIJI ULTIMATE SURVIVOR is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, an indebted gambler is offered a chance to repay ...

KAIJI ULTIMATE SURVIVOR is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, an indebted gambler is offered a chance to repay his debt.

mild bad language, threat, anti social behaviour, scenes of smoking

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man stabs a car tyre in an act of vandalism.

threat and horror

It is implied that losing during a card game may result in the loss of a finger or fingers.

language

There is mild and very mild bad language (for example, 'shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'screw', 'ass', 'douchebag, 'damn', 'hell', 'Jeez').

alcohol and smoking

A negatively presented character smokes cigarettes.

mild bad language, violence, threat, drug reference

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man grabs a competitor and is subsequently slapped across the face. However, there is no detail.

threat and horror

A gangster threatens to kill competitors; however, he does not murder them.

language

There is mild and very mild bad language ('shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'damn', 'hell', 'moron').

drugs

A person is warned that people "are used just like guinea pigs and get messed up in drug experiments". Drug misuse is not condoned by the work as a whole.

mild bad language, violence, threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

Security guards grab and manhandle frightened players.

threat and horror

Losing players of a high stakes game are bundled off to their fate as slaves.

language

There is use of mild bad language ('asshole', 'shit'), as well as other terms such as 'God', 'jerk', 'damn' and 'hell'.

moderate bad language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is infrequent use of moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as other terms such as 'bloody', 'bastard', 'piss', 'screw', 'hell' and 'damn'.

infrequent strong language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

Use of infrequent strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bullshit', 'crap', 'bastard', 'screwed' and 'damn'.

mild bad language, violence, threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

Characters are pushed to the ground during mildly violent scuffles.

threat and horror

There are moments of mild threat and undetailed discussions of plots to kill a character.

language

Use of mild bad language ('bastard', 'shit', 'crap' and 'asshole') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'screw', 'damn' and 'God'.

moderate violence

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

During a fight, a man is punched in the jaw resulting in a blood spurt and small bloody aftermath detail.

moderate threat, infrequent strong language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

After a man is caught cheating at a game, he is forced to take off his clothes and is thrown naked into a dark cell, where he joins other naked prisoners. Whilst trying to escape a dangerous situation, a man begins to drown in some rough seas.

language

Infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bullshit', 'ass', 'screw' and 'damn'.

strong language, threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

There are moments of strong threat in which naked and distressed prisoners are threatened with a lifetime of violence and suffering as they beg to be released. A villainous man tells them they will become 'crippled' in their cell over the next few months.

language

Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('bitch') and milder terms such as 'crap', 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'son of a bitch' and 'damn'.

mild bad language, threat, scenes of smoking

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

A man is threatened by loan sharks who want him to repay his debts. A character has to be held back from punching another and then proceeds to kick a door in anger.

language

Use of mild bad language (for example, 'shit', 'asshole' and 'screw') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'damn' and 'hell'.

alcohol and smoking

A negatively presented character chain-smokes cigarettes.

infrequent strong language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'pussy', 'asshole', 'ass', 'shit', 'damn' and 'hell'.

strong language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'asshole', 'bastard', 'bullshit', 'shit', 'crap', 'hell', 'moron' and 'damn'.

infrequent strong language, moderate threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

There are scenes of moderate threat when frightened men are forced to cross a high beam which electrocutes them if they touch it with their hands. Some men are shown falling to their deaths.

language

The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'shit', 'damn' and 'hell'.

strong threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

Terrified characters are forced to walk across narrow electrified steel beams during a fatal challenge. Some of the men plummet to their deaths after being electrocuted and losing their balance. A hooded skeletal ghoul with red glowing eyes is briefly shown tormenting the players.

strong language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bullshit', 'bastard' and 'crap'.

moderate threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

During a high-stakes card game, a device is attached to a man's ear containing a needle which will pierce his ear drum if he loses the game. A reconstruction depicts the needle edging closer towards a person's ear drum. Brief flashback sequences show distressed characters falling from height.

moderate threat, violence

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A character uses a remote control to activate a drill attached to a man's ear. The man winces in pain as a needle is drilled into his ear, however, this lacks any injury detail.

threat and horror

There are suspenseful scenes of moderate threat in which a character risks damaging his eardrum if he loses a card betting game.

strong bloody images, threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

A man is attached to a screw device which threatens to penetrate his ear if he fails at a game of cards.

injury detail

Three close up scenes demonstrate a screw from a torture device cutting into an eardrum and causing a blood spurts.

strong bloody images

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

injury detail

A close up scene demonstrates a screw cutting into an eardrum and causing a blood spurts. In another scene a man's face is covered in blood.

strong bloody images, violence

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

An imaginary dramatic reconstruction depicts a remote-controlled device fatally piercing a man's brain, with accompanying blood spurting detail.

injury detail

A man repeatedly headbutts a broken mirror in an attempt to remove a perilous device attached to his ear, with accompanying bloody detail. It is implied that he uses a shard of glass to sever his ear off-screen. There is sight of the blood-stained device and of blood flowing down the man's face in the aftermath.

strong bloody images, violence

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

An imaginary dramatic reconstruction depicts a remote-controlled device fatally piercing a man's brain, with accompanying blood spurting detail.

injury detail

There is sight of a man's heavily bloodstained face as he holds a towel against his wounded ear. Blood spurts from the man’s wound onto a set of cards.

strong violence, threat, bloody images

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man is forced face-first onto a metal grille. Stronger detail is hidden from view, although there are sounds of his face sizzling and of the man screaming in pain.

threat and horror

A character explains with some relish that men are forced to show him genuine penance by apologising whilst their faces are burned on a red-hot grille. Men are shown screaming in fear prior to undergoing this enforced penance.

injury detail

There are close-up scenes in which blood flows down a man's face after his ear has been severed, and whilst he holds a bandage over his wound.

strong violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A device drills into a person's ear, accompanied by a close-up blood spurt. A character is forced face-first onto a red-hot metal grille so that his skin is burned.

injury detail

There is emphasis on blood, including close-up sight of a character's bloodstained face after their ear has been sliced off.

moderate threat, violence

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man imagines four of his fingers are sliced off by a scythe; however, the impact occurs off-screen and there is no bloody detail.

threat and horror

There is a prolonged scene in which a man is invited to accept a challenge, and is told that if he loses he could have up to four of his fingers sliced off. This is accompanied by sight of a guillotine.

moderate threat, violence, injury detail

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man imagines having his fingers cut off, with close-up sight of the flying digits.

threat and horror

A desperate gambler stakes four fingers on a bet. They are restrained in a guillotine, and he is at risk of having them severed for much of the episode.

moderate threat, violence, injury detail

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man has four of his fingers sliced off by a guillotine device and there is focus on the blade as it is lowered; however, the impact occurs off-screen.

threat and horror

In a prolonged scene of moderate threat, a man's fingers are seen strapped into a guillotine and he is told that he will have them sliced off as he has lost a game.

injury detail

There is sight of bloody bandages and clothing in the aftermath of violence.

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Classified date15/01/2024

LanguageEnglish

violence

A man stabs a car tyre in an act of vandalism.

threat and horror

It is implied that losing during a card game may result in the loss of a finger or fingers.

language

There is mild and very mild bad language (for example, 'shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'screw', 'ass', 'douchebag, 'damn', 'hell', 'Jeez').

alcohol and smoking

A negatively presented character smokes cigarettes.

moderate threat, violence, injury detail

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man has four of his fingers sliced off by a guillotine device and there is focus on the blade as it is lowered; however, the impact occurs off-screen.

threat and horror

In a prolonged scene of moderate threat, a man's fingers are seen strapped into a guillotine and he is told that he will have them sliced off as he has lost a game.

injury detail

There is sight of bloody bandages and clothing in the aftermath of violence.

moderate threat, violence, injury detail

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man imagines having his fingers cut off, with close-up sight of the flying digits.

threat and horror

A desperate gambler stakes four fingers on a bet. They are restrained in a guillotine, and he is at risk of having them severed for much of the episode.

moderate threat, violence

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man imagines four of his fingers are sliced off by a scythe; however, the impact occurs off-screen and there is no bloody detail.

threat and horror

strong violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A device drills into a person's ear, accompanied by a close-up blood spurt. A character is forced face-first onto a red-hot metal grille so that his skin is burned.

injury detail

There is emphasis on blood, including close-up sight of a character's bloodstained face after their ear has been sliced off.

strong violence, threat, bloody images

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man is forced face-first onto a metal grille. Stronger detail is hidden from view, although there are sounds of his face sizzling and of the man screaming in pain.

threat and horror

injury detail

There are close-up scenes in which blood flows down a man's face after his ear has been severed, and whilst he holds a bandage over his wound.

strong bloody images, violence

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

An imaginary dramatic reconstruction depicts a remote-controlled device fatally piercing a man's brain, with accompanying blood spurting detail.

injury detail

There is sight of a man's heavily bloodstained face as he holds a towel against his wounded ear. Blood spurts from the man’s wound onto a set of cards.

strong bloody images, violence

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

An imaginary dramatic reconstruction depicts a remote-controlled device fatally piercing a man's brain, with accompanying blood spurting detail.

injury detail

strong bloody images, threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

A man is attached to a screw device which threatens to penetrate his ear if he fails at a game of cards.

injury detail

Three close up scenes demonstrate a screw from a torture device cutting into an eardrum and causing a blood spurts.

strong bloody images

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

injury detail

A close up scene demonstrates a screw cutting into an eardrum and causing a blood spurts. In another scene a man's face is covered in blood.

moderate threat, violence

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A character uses a remote control to activate a drill attached to a man's ear. The man winces in pain as a needle is drilled into his ear, however, this lacks any injury detail.

threat and horror

There are suspenseful scenes of moderate threat in which a character risks damaging his eardrum if he loses a card betting game.

moderate threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

strong language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bullshit', 'bastard' and 'crap'.

strong threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

infrequent strong language, moderate threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

There are scenes of moderate threat when frightened men are forced to cross a high beam which electrocutes them if they touch it with their hands. Some men are shown falling to their deaths.

language

The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'shit', 'damn' and 'hell'.

strong language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'asshole', 'bastard', 'bullshit', 'shit', 'crap', 'hell', 'moron' and 'damn'.

infrequent strong language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'pussy', 'asshole', 'ass', 'shit', 'damn' and 'hell'.

mild bad language, threat, scenes of smoking

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

A man is threatened by loan sharks who want him to repay his debts. A character has to be held back from punching another and then proceeds to kick a door in anger.

language

Use of mild bad language (for example, 'shit', 'asshole' and 'screw') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'damn' and 'hell'.

alcohol and smoking

A negatively presented character chain-smokes cigarettes.

strong language, threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

language

Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('bitch') and milder terms such as 'crap', 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'son of a bitch' and 'damn'.

moderate threat, infrequent strong language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

language

Infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bullshit', 'ass', 'screw' and 'damn'.

moderate violence

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

During a fight, a man is punched in the jaw resulting in a blood spurt and small bloody aftermath detail.

mild bad language, violence, threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

Characters are pushed to the ground during mildly violent scuffles.

threat and horror

There are moments of mild threat and undetailed discussions of plots to kill a character.

language

Use of mild bad language ('bastard', 'shit', 'crap' and 'asshole') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'screw', 'damn' and 'God'.

infrequent strong language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

Use of infrequent strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bullshit', 'crap', 'bastard', 'screwed' and 'damn'.

moderate bad language

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is infrequent use of moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as other terms such as 'bloody', 'bastard', 'piss', 'screw', 'hell' and 'damn'.

mild bad language, violence, threat

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

Security guards grab and manhandle frightened players.

threat and horror

Losing players of a high stakes game are bundled off to their fate as slaves.

language

There is use of mild bad language ('asshole', 'shit'), as well as other terms such as 'God', 'jerk', 'damn' and 'hell'.

mild bad language, violence, threat, drug reference

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man grabs a competitor and is subsequently slapped across the face. However, there is no detail.

threat and horror

A gangster threatens to kill competitors; however, he does not murder them.

language

There is mild and very mild bad language ('shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'damn', 'hell', 'moron').

drugs

A person is warned that people "are used just like guinea pigs and get messed up in drug experiments". Drug misuse is not condoned by the work as a whole.

mild bad language, threat, anti social behaviour, scenes of smoking

Classified Date:

15/01/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man stabs a car tyre in an act of vandalism.

threat and horror

It is implied that losing during a card game may result in the loss of a finger or fingers.

language

There is mild and very mild bad language (for example, 'shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'screw', 'ass', 'douchebag, 'damn', 'hell', 'Jeez').

alcohol and smoking

A negatively presented character smokes cigarettes.

Director(s)Yuzo Sato

Production year2007

Genre(s)Animation, Drama

Approx. running minutes23m

Classified date15/01/2024

LanguageEnglish