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Ichi the Killer
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7.0As 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.
Released: 2001-12-22129 minDir: Takashi MiikeAction, Crime, HorrorBudget: $1.4MBox office: $80,631Part of: Ichi Collection
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Cast
- Tadanobu Asano as Kakihara
- Nao Omori as Ichi
- Shinya Tsukamoto as Jijii
- SABU as Kaneko
- Paulyn Sun as Karen
- Susumu Terajima as Suzuki
Themes
- assassin
- pain
- yakuza
- gore
- dominatrix
- violence against women
- piercing
- based on manga
- drugs
- criminal underworld
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
62,567 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Metacritic
55/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- splatter film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Ichi the Killer
- Director
- Takashi Miike
- Screenwriter
- Sakichi Satō
- Cast member
- Kiyohiko Shibukawa
- Cinematographer
- Hideo Yamamoto
- Narrative location
- Japan
- Duration
- 129
- FilmAffinity ID
- 152584
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.koroshiya-1.com
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- publication date
- 2001-09-14
- title
- 殺し屋1
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 55/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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