![]() Of course, this film is slimly plotted and for the most part it's a series of violent scenes, ranging from torture (with hooks and boiling water) to people mutilating themselves, massacres, and much, much more. ![]() That's not to say the other actors aren't also very good in all of their different roles, because they are. It's his film more than it is Ichi's, and he really shines. The acting is also of a high calibre, particularly Tadanobu Asano's torturer, Kakihara. Miike's camera-work is kinetic and fluid, investing the whole film with a kind of jumpy drug-fuelled excitement. The BBFC cut out close to five minutes of sexual violence for this film's UK release and for once, I'm glad violence against men is one thing, but this kind of stuff against women? No thanks.Īnyway, the film is very well made indeed, that's undeniable. ![]() This is violence at its nastiest and most sadistic the characters have little or no redeeming qualities and only the strongest of stomachs are advised to watch. But while AUDITION was a slow-paced psychological thriller with an unforgettable climax, from the very start ICHI THE KILLER makes for disturbing viewing. One of the most notorious films of recent years, this piece of Japanese insanity is from the man who brought us AUDITION, Takashi Miike. Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10 Violent art What will happen as the final showdown happens between the tortured and ultra-violent Ichi and the pain-craving Kakihara? One by one Ichi takes out members of the Yakuza and all the while Kakihara intensifies his pursuit of Ichi and Ichi's controller Jijii. Soon enough Kakihara and his men encounter Ichi, a psychotic, sexually-repressed young man with amazing martial arts abilities and blades that come out of his shoes. ![]() After capturing and torturing a rival Yakuza member looking for answers, they soon realize they have the wrong man and begin looking for the man named Jijii who tipped them off in the first place. When a Yakuza boss named Anjo disappears with 300 million yen, his chief henchman, a sadomasochistic man named Kakihara, and the rest of his mob goons go looking for him. ![]()
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