6.8 Score

2001 • 2h 9min • R • Horror, Action, Crime

Ichi the Killer

"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.

IMDb 6.9

RT 64%

MC 55

Director

Takashi Miike

Writer

Sakichi Sato

Composer

Seiichi Yamamoto

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Tadanobu Asano

Kakihara

Nao Omori

Ichi

Shinya Tsukamoto

Jijii

SABU

Kaneko

Paulyn Sun

Karen

Susumu Terajima

Suzuki

Shun Sugata

Takayama

Toru Tezuka

Fujiwara

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