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Koroshiya 1 (2001) Action, Comedy, Crime | 2h 9min | 25 July 2002 (Netherlands) 7.0
Director: Takashi MiikeWriters: Sakichi Sato, Hideo YamamotoStars: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Ohmori, Shin'ya TsukamotoSummary: When a Yakuza boss named Anjo disappears with 300 million yen, his chief henchman, a sadomasochistic man named Kakihara, and the rest of his mob goons go looking for him. After capturing and torturing a rival Yakuza member looking for answers, they soon realize they have the wrong man and begin looking for the man named Jijii who tipped them off in the first place. Soon enough Kakihara and his men encounter Ichi, a psychotic, sexually-repressed young man with amazing martial arts abilities and blades that come out of his shoes. One by one Ichi takes out members of the Yakuza and all the while Kakihara intensifies his pursuit of Ichi and Ichi's controller Jijii. What will happen as the final showdown happens between the tortured and ultra-violent Ichi and the pain-craving Kakihara? Written by Joseph

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Kakihara
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Ichi (as Nao Ômori)
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Jijii
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Karen (as Alien Sun)
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Suzuki (as Sabu)
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Takayama
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Fujiwara
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Nakazawa
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Ryu Long (as Kee)
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Inoue
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Jirô / Saburô
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Funaki
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Kaneko (as Hiroyuki Tanaka)
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Coffee Shop Manager
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Sailor's Lover

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Countries: JapanLanguages: Japanese, Cantonese, EnglishBudget: $1,400,000 (estimated)

Reviews from critics

“Movies like Ichi The Killer cemented Miike’s reputation for creative torture well before the likes of Saw and Hostel came along, but it’s his sense of humor that sells these scenes as much as the imaginative torments visited upon the human body.” – The AV Club

For its sheer fanatical intensity, this ultra-violent yakuza thriller by Takashi Miike, based on a manga comic by Hideo Yamamoto, commands a kind of respect. But it’s the kind of deeply horrible and bizarre movie that really can only be viewed from between your fingers, or behind the sofa, for most of its two-hours-plus running time.” – The Guardian

“Japanese gore-maestro Takashi Miike may be an acquired taste, but at his best, as here with this nutso fusion of the gangster and serial-killer genres based on Hideo Yamamoto’s manga series, he’s an electrifying filmmaker.” – Empire Online

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