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Kakegurui: The Movie (2019)

Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrols, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!

Drama
Mystery
Thriller

Top billed cast

Minami HamabeYumeko Jabami
Mahiro TakasugiRyota Suzui
Aoi MorikawaMary Saotome
Hio MiyazawaMurasame Amane
Haruka FukuharaArubiki Jueri
Marika ItoTomu Inuhachi
Ruka MatsudaItsuki Sumeragi
Natsumi OkamotoYuriko Nishinotouin
Miki YanagiMidari Ikishima
Sayuri MatsumuraYumemi Yumemite

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