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| Title: | Ichi the Killer |
| Directed by: | Takashi Miike |
| Written by: | Hideo Yamamoto Sakichi Satô |
| Produced by: | Albert Yeung; Toyoyuki Yokohama; Dai Miyazaki; Elliot Tong; Akiko Funatsu |
| Music by: | Karera Musication; Seiichi Yamammoto |
| Cinematography: | Hideo Yamamoto |
| Edited by: | Yasushi Shimamura |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | Toho Company Omega Project Media Blasters |
| Released: | September 14th, 2001 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 129 min. |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Budget: | $1,400,000 |
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Ichi the Killer (殺し屋１, Koroshiya Ichi) is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike, based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga series of the same name. After his boss is brutally murdered, a masochistic gangster named Kakihara embarks on a blood hunt for a mysterious killer known only as "Ichi". After sifting through piles of mutilated bodies, the trail ends on a tormented youngster whose shy demeanor hides a disturbed passion.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Tadanobu Asano | Kakihara |
| Nao Ômori | Ichi |
| Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Jijii |
| Alien Sun | Karen |
| Sabu | Suzuki |
| Shun Sugata | Takayama |
| Toru Tezuka | Fujiwara |
| Yoshiki Arizono | Nakazawa |
| Kee | Ryu Long |
| Satoshi Niizuma | Inoue |
| Suzuki Matsuo | Jirô / Saburô |
| Jun Kunimura | Funaki |
| Hiroyuki Tanaka | Kaneko |
| Moro Morooka | Coffee shop manager |
| Hôka Kinoshita | Sailor's lover |
| Hiroshi Kobayashi | Takeshi |
| Mai Goto | Sailor |
| Rio Aoki | Miyuki |
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | Pub patron |
| Setchin Kawaya | Pub proprietor |
| Yuki Kazamatsuri | Yakuza girl |
| Sakichi Satô | Man kicking Ichi |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The original Japanese title for this film is Koroshiya 1.
- Based on the manga Ichi the Killer by Hideo Yamamoto.
- The tagline to this film is "Love really hurts".
- A documentary about the film called The Cult of Ichi was made in 2007.
- Takashi Miike also directed the "Imprint" episode of Masters of Horror.
Recommendations[]
- 1-Ichi
- Ichi the Killer: Episode 0
External Links[]
- Ichi the Killer at IMDB
- Ichi the Killer at Wikipedia
- Ichi the Killer at Metacritic
- Ichi the Killer at AllRovi.com
- Ichi the Killer at Rotten Tomatoes
- Ichi the Killer at the Asian Media Wiki