In the film Casino, the character of K.K. Also, at the time of his death, Akio still had casino debts of several million dollars. His body was discovered in his home near Mount Fuji. On JanuAkio was killed, stabbed as many as 150 times with a samurai sword. He claimed the casino had failed to hold up its end of the deal. Kashiwagi left the casino with two million dollars in chips, having lost ten million.
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 regularly played baccarat for large sums, betting 100,000 or 200,000 dollars a hand on the game, for hours at a time. 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'. He stated he was the sole principal of this real estate and investment business. Kashiwagi owned a home and office in Tokyo, out of which he ran his business, Kashiwagi Shoji Co. 'The Warrior'(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.
Akio Kashiwagi (柏木昭男 Kashiwagi Akio?) a.k.a.
