Ichi the Killer (2002)
Director:
Takashi Miike
Starring: Tadanobu Asano
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| Welcome to a world where violence is a virtue and depravity is a way of life. This is the underside of Shinjuku, and the home of Kakihara, a sadistic Yakuza killer. He relentlessly tears apart the underworld searching for the man who killed his boss. The mastermind behind the plot is Jijii, an ex-cop bent on turning the gangsters of Japan against one-another. His trump card is a physically powerful lunatic who is constantly on the verge of snapping. This madman is Ichi the Killer, and between him and Kakihara, the streets will run red with blood. Directed by Takashi Miike who helmed Audition, Visitor Q and Dead or Alive, Ichi the Killer is the film everyone's been waiting for! -Ichi will tear you apart! |
"Miike continues to push the envelope in terms of taste and cinematic violence... Mike Bracken, CultureDose.net
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Editor's Note
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 massacres those Jijii deems bullies, and basically anyone else who upsets his frail psyche. Jijii uses the demented lad to start a bloody war between rival yakuza factions. Miike's film is full of grotesquely over-the-top violent set pieces, including flying entrails, graphic mutilations, and even a severed human face splattered against a wall and slowly sliding to the ground. It's all captured with kinetic camerawork and hyperactive editing. It's not for everyone, but bolder viewers will find it uniquely entertaining.
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Cast & Crew
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Nao Omori |
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Paulyn Sun |
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Shinya Tsukamoto |
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Tadanobu Asano |
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Hideo Yamamoto - Cinematographer |
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Takashi Miike - Director |
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Yasushi Shimamura - Editor |
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Sumiji Miyake - Executive Producer |
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Karera Musication - Musical Score |
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Akiko Funatsu - Producer |
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Takashi Sasaki - Production Designer |
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Sakichi Sato - Screenplay |
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Hideo Yamamoto - Writer |
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