Akagi

Released: 2015-07-18

Runtime: 57 minutes

Episode Overview

Once there was a man said to be "The Legendary Mahjong Player". His name was Akagi Shigeru. His genius was awakened the first time he played, leading him to defeat a rep player for the yakuza that night. After that night, he went on to defeat player after player, shaking up the entire underworld.

Series Overview

Akagi Shigeru is a young, white-haired mahjong genius. One summer in 1965, he ends up facing off against Washizu Iwao, Japan’s King of Darkness who has amassed enormous fortune and power, at the request of his acquaintance, the rogue detective Yasuoka. As the observer, Ogi Takeshi, a leader of the henchmen of Inada-gumi watches over them, mahjong with special rules called Washizu Mahjong begins. It is a life or death struggle with Akagi’s fresh blood and Washizu’s entire fortune at stake.