| Kakegurui 2: Ultimate Russian Roulette | |
| Director: | Tsutomu Hanabusa |
| Producer: | Yoda Tatsumi |
| Runtime: | 119 minutes |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Gross: | $1.1 million[1] |
Kakegurui 2: Ultimate Russian Roulette (Japanese: 映画 賭ケグルイ 絶体絶命ロシアンルーレット) is a 2021 Japanese live-action film directed by Hanabusa Tsutomu.[2] It is a sequel to Kakegurui and is based on the manga series of the same name by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Tōru Naomura. It was released on Jun 1, 2021.
On August 2020, the creators of the first live-action movie shared that a sequel is in the works, scheduled for a 2021 release in Japan. the upcoming installment will see the return of the previous cast members. Tsutomu Hanabusa was set to direct the film once again and collaborate on the screenplay, along with Minato Takano. The story is completely original and is fully supervised by the original author, Homura Kawamoto.[3]
A trailer was launched in March 2021, revealing the release date of April 29 and the official movie title, "Kakegurui the Movie: Desperate Russian Roulette." The film will include a new antagonist, named Makuro Shikigami, played by Ryūsei Fujii.[4]
The film's scheduled April 29 release date was being postponed due to COVID-19.[5] They later announced that the new release date will be on May 12.[6] the staff decided to delay the film again to the extended state of emergency in Japan.[7] The movie was officially set to premiere on June 21.[8]
Taishi Nakagawa will not reprise his role of the series but he will be in the movie as a new original character named Uchijima.[9]