Movies / Ichi the Killer (2001) aka Koroshiya 1

6/10

Runtime: 129 min

Genres: Action Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Languages: Cantonese English Japanese

Countries: Hong Kong Japan


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.


Directors (1) Credit
Takashi Miike ...
Writers (2) Credit
Hideo Yamamoto (comic)
Sakichi Satô (screenplay)
Composers (2) Credit
Karera Musication ...
Seiichi Yamamoto ...
Editors (1) Credit
Yasushi Shimamura ...
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Hideo Yamamoto ...
Actors (26) Credit
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