Takumi Saito plays a mahjong player who time travels from post-war Japan to the not-so-distant future in A GAMBLER`S ODYSSEY 2020. Photo courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. © Source: Toei Co., Ltd. Official Site: mahjongg2020.jp (Japan)
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Theatrical poster courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. © Toei Co. has provided information and large, high-res photos from A GAMBLER`S ODYSSEY 2020 (?????2020, M?jang H?r?ki 2020), a sci-fi comedy from director Kazuya Shiraishi (THE DEVIL’S PATH, TWISTED JUSTICE, THE BLOOD OF WOLVES) and actor Takumi Saito (SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (???????, Sup?su Batorushippu Yamato, 2010), SHIN GODZILLA, YO-KAI WATCH THE MOVIE 2016 (?? ?????? ?????????????????????, Eiga Y?kai Uotchi Soratobu Kujira to Daburu Sekai no Daib?ken da Nyan!), FUKUSHIMA 50 (?????????, Fukushima Fifuti, 2020). Saito plays Boyatetsu, a surly mahjong ace living in the chaos of post-World War II Tokyo. After being struck by lightning, he awakens in the year 2020 to find Tokyo dominated by AI. Boyatetsu uses his gambling skills to survive while searching for a way home. A GAMBLER`S ODYSSEY 2020 is promoted as "a wildly imaginative and quite out-of-control rollercoaster ride of bizarre characters, surreal transgression and action based on Takehiro Irokawa’s novel and Yozo Shimizu’s manga." STORY Boyatetsu, a skilled mahjong player, slips through time from the ruins of post-war Japan to Tokyo in the year 2020. Stunned at the world he never could have imaged, Boyatetsu finds a ruined city plagued by a decreasing population, social unrest and increasing unemployment as artificial intelligence replaces the human workforce. The 2020 Olympics have been cancelled and an evil organization plans to restage the event as a massive "human versus AI" mahjong competition. With help from Doteko, a would-be idol, Boyatetsu must step forward and risk his own life to represent the human race. CREDITS Japanese Release Date: April 5, 2019 (Roadshow) Running Time: 117 Minutes Cast Boyatetsu: Takumi Saito Doteko: Momo (Charan-Po-Rantan) Yuki Yashiro: Becky Dosaken: Koji Matoba Doku: Taiiku Okazaki Pierre Taki Takuma Otoo Seminosuke Murasugi Masato Ibu Kenichi Yajima Ken Yoshizawa Tattoku: Masami Horiuchi Demetoku: Masao Komatsu Kusomaru: Naoto Takenaka Staff Director: Kazuya Shiraishi Original Story: Mahjong Horoki by Takehiro Irokawa (Bungeishunju Ltd.) Screenplay: Sakichi Sato, Ryohei Watanabe, Kazuaki Shiraishi Plotting Cooperation: Masayuki Katayama Music: Kensuke Ushio Theme song: “Feel the BEAT” by CHAI (Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.) Planning: Asmik Ace Production Company: Cine Bazar Distributor (Japan): Toei © "2019 A GAMBLER’S ODYSSEY 2020" Film Partners
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