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Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano), a .. Read more

Starring	Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto, Sabu
Director	Takashi Miike
Genres	Horror, World Cinema

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- Prolific director Miike continues to push at the boundaries of taste and permissable violence; Quentin Tarantino's output looks like Enid Blyton adaptations compared to the gore, sadistic tortures and slicing of victims seen here, all done with excessive
- 32368
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  This is the censored version too!!!!!
  
  This is a very violent Japanese gangland film (read other reviews here for plot etc), but if you think this one is very gory, remember this is the heavily ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Laurie
  - East Grinstead, England
  - 31 Mar 2004 at 14:05
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  Ichi the killer killed me
  
  This is really OTT stuff and not for the faint hearted. Right from the word go we are splattered with blood and guts (literally) and it got even worse with a ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 22 Jul 2011 at 11:32
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  worth it!!!!!!
  
  I've waiting 10 years to get my hands on a copy of this film - it was worth it. not the most amazing film ever but had a lot of funny bits and the stunts ... read more »
  
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- - Scummy26
  - 2 reviews
  - Reading
  - 04 Jul 2011 at 16:40
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  I wouls watch this again & that's saying something.
  
  Sexy lady with amazing swordskill. Who am I to complain? Fujhara Toma should have practised more often with a real sword. Seriously I honestly believed there ... read more »
  
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- - Sorrysorrytw
  - 21 reviews
  - 29 May 2011 at 02:30
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  - 0
  Watch it in bits, a slice at a time
  
  It's not adequate to rate this film around the middle, because it's all about extremes: of violence, of editing, of (lack of) characterization, makeup, ... read more »
  
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- - DeathOfNarrativeCinema
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  - Wallingford
  - 26 May 2011 at 13:38
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  ichi the killer
  
  painful indeed...
  
  maybe I could have been more generous, but honestly I did find it pretty offensive... i'm sure it is meant to be that way, and ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 25 May 2011 at 21:18
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  My favourite film of all time
  
  I'm not sure what that says about me... but I love this film. It's hilarious and brilliantly disgusting. As long as I live I will not forget the gory ... read more »
  
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- 958172
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Louisaking
  - 35 reviews
  - Cardiff
  - 28 Jan 2011 at 13:25
- - 5
  - 0
  In a word: Shocking.
  
  It has taken me quite some time to get over this film and be able to review it. When I first tried to watch it I only got about half way through, it was a week ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - H0LLIE
  - 198 reviews
  - UK
  - 23 Jul 2010 at 16:38
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  - 1
  What a good baddie...
  
  Not to everyone's taste, this is brutal and unsettling, yet sometimes amusing. It also has one of the most memorable villains for years.
  
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- - NDG
  - 128 reviews
  - Oxfordshire
  - 20 Jul 2010 at 02:40
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  ICHI THE KILLER
  
  Simply class! What's all these comments about subtitles? Is it too much for the dumbed down generation to concentrate for more than 5 minutes these days...... read more »
  
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- - punkypeter
  - 2 reviews
  - Invergordon,Scotland.
  - 18 Jul 2010 at 20:34
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  confused by some of the reviewers
  
  how can this film be trying to be like kill bill it predates it by 2 years and where you got the idea it was trying to be like lock stock completely confuses me... read more »
  
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  - london
  - 21 Jun 2010 at 19:31
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  - 8
  This is the censored version too!!!!!
  
  This is a very violent Japanese gangland film (read other reviews here for plot etc), but if you think this one is very gory, remember this is the heavily ... read more »
  
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- 4004
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Laurie
  - East Grinstead, England
  - 31 Mar 2004 at 14:05
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  hard to follow
  
  this film is foreign and although it has subtitles they only cover about 20% of the film! therefore i found it impossible to follow!!! unless you speak the ... read more »
  
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- - cheryl vinson
  - Sunbury on thames, england
  - 04 Dec 2006 at 19:07
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  - 6
  Pointless
  
  This film is devoid of ANY plot or direction, the gore being the focus of this piece.
  
  From the moment a shot (no pun intended) of semen hitting a ... read more »
  
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  - Flintsteel
  - 42 reviews
  - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  - 05 Feb 2007 at 16:18
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  Please Read Carefully...
  
  This film is based on a Manga comic book which is so nastily violent this seems tame in comparison. You have got to realise though that a lot of the violence ... read more »
  
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- - Benjani
  - 39 reviews
  - Truro
  - 11 Dec 2004 at 16:58
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  - 1
  Violent but meaningful
  
  I think a lot of people who previously reviewed this film didn't understand exactly why the violence is so important - it's about the director provoking... read more »
  
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- - The Colonel
  - Manchester
  - 20 Jan 2006 at 19:30
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  Shocking, gory fun
  
  Based on the apanese Manga of the same name, Ichi The Killer focuses mainly on Akihara, a sadistic masochist who, with the help of his gang, search for their ... read more »
  
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- - David Gray
  - Clackmannanshire, Scotland
  - 01 Mar 2004 at 13:56
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  No point
  
  When we found out that film was censored we decided not to watch it, I personnally think if the film is rated 18 and you are way over this age we should decide ... read more »
  
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- 202346
- - a customer
  - London
  - 03 Feb 2006 at 21:13
- - 7
  - 0
  Ichi The Killer is ...
  
  Ichi The Killer is Extreme Cinema at its best. For sure, the movie is not for everybody - it features scenes of brutal torture, rape, BDSM and much blood. This ... read more »
  
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  - PENARTH
  - 23 Mar 2004 at 20:28
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  Oh dear! Loads of gore...
  
  Oh dear! Loads of gore and loads of action, thats what we were hoping for though wasn't it? In that respect we weren't let down! However the dubbing is ... read more »
  
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- 30876
- - karen#82
  - DUFFTOWN
  - 18 Mar 2004 at 22:42
- - 7
  - 3
  a disappointment
  
  i recently saw audition which was so amazing that i immediately bought the dvd to show my friends. with this being the same director, i thought i'd check it... read more »
  
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- - Filaytes Weltoni
  - ingerland
  - 05 Sep 2006 at 17:31

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  Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film ...

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  Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film ...