Movie CASINO "Untruth"
July 8th, 2012 at 4:51:30 PM
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So I'm watching the movie CASINO for maybe the 20th time today and I just watched the scene where Ace Rothstein (Robert Deniro) is talking about the Japanese "Whale" KK Ichikawa (Spell Check) playing $30,000 a hand in Baccarat.
Ace mentioned that the "Whale" cleaned out a couple of casinos in the Cayman Islands.
Quoting Ace Rothstein, "Downstairs, he takes us for $2 Million, and upstairs...he takes free soap, shampoo and towels. Another Billionaire "cheapskate" who loves his free rooms, free private jets and $2 Million of our money".
Ace ends up getting the money back for the Casino by having the Pilot tell the Whale that the Plane is on the fritz, then he missed the commercial flight back to Japan. He goes back to the Casino loses all $2 Million plus an additional $1 Million.
My Question:
I have been to the Cayman Islands twice in the past year and gambling/casinos are illegal there and to my knowledge have always been illegal there.
What gives?
Ace mentioned that the "Whale" cleaned out a couple of casinos in the Cayman Islands.
Quoting Ace Rothstein, "Downstairs, he takes us for $2 Million, and upstairs...he takes free soap, shampoo and towels. Another Billionaire "cheapskate" who loves his free rooms, free private jets and $2 Million of our money".
Ace ends up getting the money back for the Casino by having the Pilot tell the Whale that the Plane is on the fritz, then he missed the commercial flight back to Japan. He goes back to the Casino loses all $2 Million plus an additional $1 Million.
My Question:
I have been to the Cayman Islands twice in the past year and gambling/casinos are illegal there and to my knowledge have always been illegal there.
What gives?
Craps is the most "Jekyll and Hyde" casino game ever invented!
July 8th, 2012 at 6:11:51 PM
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It's not a documentary.
July 8th, 2012 at 6:43:45 PM
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The character of K.K. Ichikawa (Nobu Matsuhisa) is based on Akio Kashiwagi, a real life baccarat whale from Japan who played huge at a number of casinos, including the infamous "freeze-out" game at Trump's Atlantic City joint. He was murdered with a samurai sword in 1992.
The Cayman Islands thing is a minor mistake.
The Cayman Islands thing is a minor mistake.
"Dice, verily, are armed with goads and driving-hooks, deceiving and tormenting, causing grievous woe." -Rig Veda 10.34.4
July 8th, 2012 at 6:55:14 PM
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Quote: teddysThe character of K.K. Ichikawa (Nobu Matsuhisa) is based on Akio Kashiwagi, a real life baccarat whale from Japan who played huge at a number of casinos, including the infamous "freeze-out" game at Trump's Atlantic City joint. He was murdered with a samurai sword in 1992.
The Cayman Islands thing is a minor mistake.
Thanks for the detailed explanation!
Craps is the most "Jekyll and Hyde" casino game ever invented!
July 8th, 2012 at 7:17:10 PM
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From wiki:
Akio Kashiwagi (柏木昭男 Kashiwagi Akio?) a.k.a. "The Warrior"[1](c.1938 - January 3, 1992) was a wealthy Tokyo-based real estate investor who was famous for the large amounts of money he wagered at Las Vegas and Atlantic City casinos.[2]
Kashiwagi owned a home and office in Tokyo, out of which he ran his business, Kashiwagi Shoji Co.[1] He stated he was the sole principal of this real estate and investment business.[1] He claimed an income of a hundred million dollars a year and a billion dollars in assets, but his finances were so secretive that a credit review for casino officials declared his profession only as "Business".[1]
Kashiwagi regularly played baccarat for large sums, betting 100,000[2] or 200,000[1] dollars a hand on the game, for hours at a time.[1][2] He got into a legal wrangle with Donald Trump's Atlantic City casino in 1990 over a deal in which Kashiwagi was to bet $12 million. Kashiwagi left the casino with two million dollars in chips, having lost ten million. He claimed the casino had failed to hold up its end of the deal.[2]
On January 3, 1992 Akio was killed, stabbed as many as 150 times[2] with a samurai sword.[3] His body was discovered in his home near Mount Fuji.[2] Also, at the time of his death, Akio still had casino debts of several million dollars.[2]
In the film Casino, the character of K.K. Ichikawa (Nobu Matsuhisa), the Japanese high roller, is based on real-life Akio Kashiwagi.[4]
Akio Kashiwagi (柏木昭男 Kashiwagi Akio?) a.k.a. "The Warrior"[1](c.1938 - January 3, 1992) was a wealthy Tokyo-based real estate investor who was famous for the large amounts of money he wagered at Las Vegas and Atlantic City casinos.[2]
Kashiwagi owned a home and office in Tokyo, out of which he ran his business, Kashiwagi Shoji Co.[1] He stated he was the sole principal of this real estate and investment business.[1] He claimed an income of a hundred million dollars a year and a billion dollars in assets, but his finances were so secretive that a credit review for casino officials declared his profession only as "Business".[1]
Kashiwagi regularly played baccarat for large sums, betting 100,000[2] or 200,000[1] dollars a hand on the game, for hours at a time.[1][2] He got into a legal wrangle with Donald Trump's Atlantic City casino in 1990 over a deal in which Kashiwagi was to bet $12 million. Kashiwagi left the casino with two million dollars in chips, having lost ten million. He claimed the casino had failed to hold up its end of the deal.[2]
On January 3, 1992 Akio was killed, stabbed as many as 150 times[2] with a samurai sword.[3] His body was discovered in his home near Mount Fuji.[2] Also, at the time of his death, Akio still had casino debts of several million dollars.[2]
In the film Casino, the character of K.K. Ichikawa (Nobu Matsuhisa), the Japanese high roller, is based on real-life Akio Kashiwagi.[4]
July 8th, 2012 at 7:22:41 PM
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Moral of the story: don't screw with the Yakuza.
"What, me worry?"
