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Original title: Koroshiya 1
Release Date
May 23, 2003 (USA - Limited)
• UK: 13 Nov 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 18, 2003
• R2: 2 Jun 2003
Budget USD 1,400,000
Official Website:
Ichi the Killer Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong perverse violence/gore and sexuality, language and drug content.
Running Time
2 hours, 9 minutes
Country Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea
Production Companies
Omega Project, Omega Micott Inc., Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG), Star Max, Alpha Group, Spike Co. Ltd., Excellent Film
Studio Alpha Group, EMG, Excellent Pictures, Omega Micott, Omega Project, Spike Productions, Starmax
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Other Titles
• Ichi the Killer
• Koroshiya 1 (2001)
• Koroshiya ichi
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Genre: Comedy, Gore, Gangsters, Revenge, Experimental, Love, Disturbing, Suspense, Martial Arts, Murder, Spy, Cult Classic
Tagline: Ai wa, kanari itai. (Love really hurts.)
Plot: When Yakuza boss Anjo mysteriously disappears, his right hand man Kakihara sets out to discover who is responsible. Kakihara is a brutal and sadistic weapon, and uses his detachment from social morality to his advantage, torturing and killing those he needs answers from. Meanwhile, in the shadowy streets, a bizarre individual named Jijii has been manipulating Ichi, an unbalanced killer in a superhero costume, for his own needs. When Kakihari learns of the urban legend of Ichi, he sets out to find him, hoping that he can deliver the pain he desires.Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it’s only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano), a masochistic yakuza lieutenant, has slits in his cheeks through which he blows cigarette smoke and gleefully hacks off his own tongue to apologize for his impudence. Then there’s eponymous assassin (Nao Omori), a painfully shy but sadistic young voyeur who wears a leather superhero outfit to work. Manipulated by the cagey and mysterious Jijii (English translation: "Gramps," Shinya Tsukamoto), Ichi lashes out and
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This is one violent movie, nipples are sliced off, needles are shoved through various body parts, blood drips from the ceiling, men are sliced in two, faces splatter on walls, it goes on and on. It’s also full of characters fleshed out and doomed from the very first frame, there is a story here and it’s full of undertones and context. Or it could be taken as one, big, hilarious joke.--Sonny Fernandez (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
Another weird Miike flick. I haven't seen many of his films, but this is one of the better ones from what I have seen. Recommended for gore and Takashi Miike fans. 7/10-- (UHM)
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Takashi Miike
Audition, Visitor Q, The Happiness of the Katakuris |
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Sakichi Satô
Koroshiya 1: The Animation Episode 0, 1-Ichi, Unmei ningen | |
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All in all Miike has produced and incredible film in Ichi The Killer. It takes so many hideous asthetics and combines them with some pretty stylish and impressive ones that does not make you want to all together wince away in revulsion but, rather watch this film with fascination.  --koroshiya1 (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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