• Director(s)

    Yuzo Sato

  • Production Year

    2007

  • Genre(s)

    Animation, Drama

  • Cast

    Masato Hagiwara, Naoya Uchida, Hakuryu, Masane Tsukayama

TV Show

Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor

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

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

  • Director(s)

    Yuzo Sato

  • Production Year

    2007

  • Genre(s)

    Animation, Drama

  • Cast

    Masato Hagiwara, Naoya Uchida, Hakuryu, Masane Tsukayama

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.
additional issues
There is brief sight of an adult character smoking a cigarette. Men cry in despair. There is also very mild rude humour in a scene in which a person is called a "stupid old fart".
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'.
additional issues
Adults smoke cigarettes. Gambling is a theme of the episode.
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'.
additional issues
Adults smoke cigarettes. There is very mild threat. Gambling is a theme of the episode.
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'.
additional issues
A man is encouraged to 'off himself' during an argument. There is a scene of mild violence in which a character headbuts another. Moments of mild threat occur. Characters smoke cigarettes.
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'.
additional issues
A man describes another man's card playing tactics as 'suicide'. Characters smoke cigarettes.
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.
additional issues
Use of mild bad language ('bastard', 'shit' and 'ass') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'hell' and 'damn'. There are moments of mild threat. A man describes another's card playing tactics as 'suicide'. A man wearing glasses is called 'four-eyes' and characters smoke cigarettes.
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'.
additional issues
There is occasional buttock nudity. Moments of mild violence occur, such as a man being punched whilst he is on the ground.
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'.
additional issues
Characters are repeatedly kicked and punched. In one sequence, a man bites another's foot drawing blood and also attempts to choke him. There is male buttock nudity.
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'.
additional issues
There is mild threat when men are locked in small spaces and then forced to take part in a perilous game. There is brief natural male buttock nudity.
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'.
additional issues
A group of men are forced to race across narrow steel beams suspended between two high-rise buildings. Characters are shown falling off the beams, however, they are reassuringly shown alive in the aftermath.
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.
additional issues
Infrequent strong language (‘f**k’) occurs, as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'screw', 'bullshit', 'damn', 'jerk', 'God' and 'hell'.
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'.
additional issues
There is a flashback to a scene of moderate violence when characters are electrocuted before falling to their deaths.
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.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('bullshit', ‘asshole’) and very mild bad language (‘damn’).
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.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('bullshit', 'bastard', 'crap', 'shit'), as well as even milder terms such as 'hell' and 'damn'. There is also close-up focus on a character smoking a cigarette.
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. 
additional issues
There is moderate threat when a man is attached to a screw device which threatens to penetrate his ear if he fails at a game of cards. Brief flashbacks also show men falling to their deaths. There is mild bad language ('bullshit', 'asshole', 'bastard').
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.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('piss', 'asshole', 'shit', 'bastard'), as well as even milder terms such as 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'. There is also close-up emphasis on a character smoking a cigarette.
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.
additional issues
There are suspenseful scenes of moderate threat in which a character risks being killed if he loses a card betting game. However, there is greater focus on the character's bravery and resourcefulness. Infrequent strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms such as 'ass', 'bullshit', 'shit', 'screw' and 'damn'.
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.
additional issues
There is mild and very mild bad language ('shit', 'hell', 'damn').
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.
additional issues
There is also mild and very mild bad language ('shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'God', 'damn').
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.
additional issues
There is also mild and very mild bad language ('bastard', 'screw', 'damn', 'hell').
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.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'asshole', 'shit'), as well as other terms such as 'damn' and 'screw'. Adults smoke 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.
additional issues
Use of mild bad language ('bastard', 'bullshit', 'screw') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'damn' and 'hell'.
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  • Classified date

    15/01/2024

  • Distributor

    Anime Ltd

  • Language

    English