Movies / Ichi the Killer (2001) aka Koroshiya 1
Runtime: 129 min
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Languages: Cantonese English Japanese
Filmmaker Takashi Miike takes inspiration from Hideo Yamamoto's manga, Koroshiya 1, to tell this bloody and bleak tale about the Japanese yakuza. Blond-coiffed Kakihara's "mentor in crime" disappears, and Kakihara vows to find out who's responsible. He's also on the lookout for Ichi, a sadistic killer who may be able to inflict the level of pain Kakihara so badly craves.
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| Directors (1) | Credit |
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| Takashi Miike | ... |
| Writers (2) | Credit |
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| Hideo Yamamoto | (comic) |
| Sakichi Satô | (screenplay) |
| Composers (2) | Credit |
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| Karera Musication | ... |
| Seiichi Yamamoto | ... |
| Editors (1) | Credit |
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| Yasushi Shimamura | ... |
| Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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| Hideo Yamamoto | ... |
| Actors (26) | Credit |
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| Hideo Sako | ... |
| Hiroshi Kobayashi | Takeshi |
| Hiroyuki Tanaka | Kaneko |
| Hôka Kinoshita | Sailor's Lover |
| Jun Kunimura | Funaki |
| Kaori Sugawara | ... |
| Kiyohiko Shibukawa | Ryu Long (as Kee) |
| Mai Goto | Sailor |
| Mako Takeda | ... |
| Masataka Haji | ... |
| Moro Morooka | Coffee Shop Manager |
| Nao Omori | Ichi |
| Paulyn Sun | Karen (as Alien Sun) |
| Rio Aoki | Miyuki |
| Sakichi Satô | Man Kicking Ichi |
| Satoshi Niizuma | Inoue |
| Setchin Kawaya | Pub Proprietor |
| Shinya Tsukamoto | Jijii |
| Shun Sugata | Takayama |
| Susumu Terajima | Suzuki (as Sabu) |
| Suzuki Matsuo | Jirô / Saburô |
| Tadanobu Asano | Kakihara |
| Toru Tezuka | Fujiwara |
| Yoshiki Arizono | Nakazawa |
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | Pub Patron |
| Yuki Kazamatsuri | Yakuza Girl |