A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Born:
December 10, 1958
Comic Book:
1995 Akagi the Gambler
1997 Akagi the Gambler II
2009 Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2011 Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler
2018 Animal World
2020 Kaiji: Final Game
2024 Confession
Novel:
1995 Akagi the Gambler
1997 Akagi the Gambler II
2009 Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2011 Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler
2018 Animal World
2020 Kaiji: Final Game
2024 Confession
Original Concept:
1993 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold
1994 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2
1995 Akagi the Gambler
1996 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 5 - Hereditary Homicide
1997 Akagi the Gambler II
1997 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear
1997 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell
2009 Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2011 Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler
2018 Animal World
2020 Kaiji: Final Game
2024 Confession
Screenplay:
1993 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold
1994 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2
1995 Akagi the Gambler
1996 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 5 - Hereditary Homicide
1997 Akagi the Gambler II
1997 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear
1997 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell
2009 Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2011 Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler
2018 Animal World
2020 Kaiji: Final Game
2024 Confession
Writer:
1993 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold
1994 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2
1995 Akagi the Gambler
1996 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 5 - Hereditary Homicide
1997 Akagi the Gambler II
1997 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear
1997 Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell
2009 Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2011 Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler
2018 Animal World
2019 Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc
2020 Kaiji: Final Game
2024 Confession
Comic Book:
2005 Akagi
2007 Kaiji
2015 Akagi
2017 Akagi: Ryūzaki–Yagi hen / Ichikawa hen
2017 Silver and Gold
2018 Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen
Creator:
2005 Akagi
2007 Kaiji
2015 Akagi
2017 Akagi: Ryūzaki–Yagi hen / Ichikawa hen
2017 Silver and Gold
2018 Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen
2018 ZERO -The Bravest Money Game-
Original Series Creator:
2005 Akagi
2007 Kaiji
2015 Akagi
2017 Akagi: Ryūzaki–Yagi hen / Ichikawa hen
2017 Silver and Gold
2018 Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen
2018 ZERO -The Bravest Money Game-
Original Series Design:
2005 Akagi
2007 Kaiji
2015 Akagi
2017 Akagi: Ryūzaki–Yagi hen / Ichikawa hen
2017 Silver and Gold
2018 Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen
2018 ZERO -The Bravest Money Game-
Original Story:
2005 Akagi
2007 Kaiji
2015 Akagi
2017 Akagi: Ryūzaki–Yagi hen / Ichikawa hen
2017 Silver and Gold
2018 Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen
2018 Ten: Tenhodori no Kaidanji
2018 ZERO -The Bravest Money Game-
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.