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Ichi the Killer

Original title: 殺し屋1

Love really hurts.

  • Movie
  • 2001
  • 2h 9m

Directed by Takashi Miike

7.0

TMDB audience rating
7.0 out of 10 from 1,165 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Tadanobu Asano

    Tadanobu AsanoKakihara

  • Nao Omori

    Nao OmoriIchi

  • Shinya Tsukamoto

    Shinya TsukamotoJijii

  • Sabu

    SabuKaneko

  • Paulyn Sun

    Paulyn SunKaren

  • Susumu Terajima

    Susumu TerajimaSuzuki

  • Shun Sugata

    Shun SugataTakayama

  • Toru Tezuka

    Toru TezukaFujiwara

  • Yoshiki Arizono

    Yoshiki ArizonoNakazawa

  • Kiyohiko Shibukawa

    Kiyohiko ShibukawaRyu Long

  • Satoshi Niizuma

    Satoshi NiizumaInoue

  • Suzuki Matsuo

    Suzuki MatsuoJirô / Saburô

  • Jun Kunimura

    Jun KunimuraFunaki

  • Moro Morooka

    Moro MorookaCoffee Shop Manager

  • Houka Kinoshita

    Houka KinoshitaSailor's Lover

  • Yoshiyuki Morishita

    Yoshiyuki MorishitaMan in Restaurant

  • Yuki Kazamatsuri

    Yuki KazamatsuriYakuza Girl

  • Rio AokiMiyuki

Director
Takashi Miike
Writer
Sakichi Sato
Music
Seiichi Yamamoto
Cinematography
Hideo Yamamoto