Kakegurui

• Drama: Kakegurui
• Romaji: Kakegurui
• Japanese: 賭ケグルイ
• Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa
• Writer: Homura Kawamoto (manga), Toru Naomura (manga)
• Network: TBS, MBS
• Episodes:
• Release Date: January 14, 2018 (MBS) -- / January 16, 2018 (TBS) --
• Runtime: Sundays 00:50 (MBS) / Tuesdays 01:28 (TBS)
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Children from influential families in politics and businesses attend the Hyakkaou Private Academy. There, the hierarchy of the students are classified by a series of games. Students that win the games are on the ruling side and the students who lose become slaves. One day, a mysterious girl, Yumeko Jabami (Minami Hamabe), is transferred to Hyakkaou Private Academy. She looks pure and pretty, but she is actually a compulsive gambler and seeks out the thrill of taking calculated risks.

Notes

1. Based on the manga series "Kakegurui" by Homura Kawamoto (writer) & Toru Naomura (illustrator) (first published 2014 in magazine Gekkan Gangan Joker).

Cast

• Minami Hamabe - Yumeko Jabami
• Mahiro Takasugi - Ryota Suzui
• Aoi Morikawa - Meari Saotome