Akagi — Season 1, Episode 2: Episode 2
Crime, Drama • 53 min • 1 season, 10 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
Akagi wagers his lifeblood, Washizu his money in this crazed match of Washizu Mahjong. In the East Hand 4 of Game 1, Washizu wins a mangan hand with tsumo and two doras. Akagi pays 4,000 points and the bonus payment of 400cc of blood are drawn. This was the first time blood was drawn in Washizu's vampire mahjong.
About Akagi
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.