Synopsis
Love really hurts
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Ichi the Killer
2001 ‘殺し屋1’ Directed by Takashi Miike
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Tadanobu Asano Nao Omori Shinya Tsukamoto SABU Paulyn Sun Susumu Terajima Shun Sugata Toru Tezuka Yoshiki Arizono Kiyohiko Shibukawa Satoshi Niizuma Suzuki Matsuo Jun Kunimura Morooka Moro Houka Kinoshita Yoshiyuki Morishita Yuki Kazamatsuri Rio Aoki Makoto Takeda Sakichi Satō Kaori Sugawara Hiroshi Kobayashi Mai Goto Manzô Shinra Masataka Haji Hideo Sako
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Alternative Titles
Ichi - O Assassino, Ichi The Killer, Koroshiya Ichi, Убийца Ичи, 杀手阿一
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Intense violence and sexual transgression Horror, the undead and monster classics Crime, drugs and gangsters cannibals, gory, gruesome, graphic or shock violence, shock, disturbing, brutal or graphic violence, action, guns, cops or killing martial arts, kung fu, choreography, cool or action-packed horror, gory, scary, killing or gruesome Show All…
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uncut gems: our title sequence is inside a rectum
ichi the killer’s cum pool title card: you are like a baby, watch this
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My friend requested that we watch something "twisted". I simply put Ichi the Killer in and let her regret that particular request and letting me choose to begin with.
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it's really worrying that after watching such a perverted & vile movie my first thought was "ok i want to steal all of kakihara's clothes"
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..........what the hell did I just watch?
And why exactly did I like it so much?
Sometimes I worry me............
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Please cue up the tune... Hurt So Good!
I found it amusing that the publicity machine for the film handed out barf bags at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Stockholm International Film Festival!
Even more amusing was the fact that it was subsequently banned in Norway after news of someone actually upchucking in said barf bag and another in the audience had fainted! Malaysia and Germany subsequently banned the film as well!
Obviously this isn't a film for mainstream audiences! You would think the minute someone started handing out barf bags that would have clued the "faint of heart" in on the type of film that was to be shown and perhaps they should pass on the film…
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Honestly, without exaggeration, the most depraved film of all time. I've been putting this off for six years and after testing the waters by venturing into Visitor Q (Sorry God), I've finally found the guts to watch it, turns out it's just as twisted, absurd and gory as I've expected it to be; I beg you, don't see me as some sort of delusional maniac for saying this, but I love it, really, every inch of it.
Ichi the Killer is a film that features everything under the sun that is frowned, spitted or vomited upon by a normal, healthy, functioning society-- that includes abuse, murder, torture, sadism, masochism, necrophilia, misogyny, rape, penis mutilation (though toned down a lot compared…
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