Ichi the Killer

Name: Ichi the Killer
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Released: 2001-12-22
Duration: 2 h 9 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto, SABU, Paulyn Sun

Love really hurts.

殺し屋1 (2001)

Timing: 2:9 (129 min)

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Release date

2001-12-22

Country

Japan

Production

Omega Project, Omega Micott Inc., Excell Film Agentur

Genre

Action, Crime, Horror

Budget

$1 400 010

Box office

$80 631

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Director

Takashi Miike

Actors

Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto, SABU, Paulyn Sun, Susumu Terajima, Shun Sugata, Toru Tezuka, Yoshiki Arizono, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
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Scenario

Producer

Dai Miyazaki, Akiko Funatsu, Albert Yeung, Toyoyuki Yokohama

Camera operator

Hideo Yamamoto

Composer

Seiichi Yamamoto

Artist

Takashi Sasaki

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Editing

Yasushi Shimamura
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

As a promotional stunt, paper bags were distributed to those attending the late-night screening of this film at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
The name Ichi means 'one,' so he wears a yellow number 1 on his costume.
Kakihara's scars on the sides of his mouth are known as the Glasgow smile, or the Chelsea smile, because organized crime in these British cities often leaves such a mark on their enemies.
Director Takashi Miike initially intended to engage the original manga's author, Hideo Yamamoto, as the screenwriter, to write the script entirely in the form of a manga. However, the idea had to be abandoned when Yamamoto felt he would be unable to complete the script due to a creative crisis.
Kakihara's ringtone is the film's musical theme.
For the scene in which his character is hung on hooks and tortured, actor Susumu Terajima required 12 hours of makeup and other preparation, followed by another 12 hours to film the scene.
Although almost every member of the yakuza carries a gun, only two shots were fired throughout the entire film, and no one was killed by them.
When Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano) is attacked on the street, protective padding is visible under his clothing.
The name Ichi means "one," which is why he wears the yellow number 1 on his costume.