Ichi the Killer (2001)
Directed by Takashi Miike
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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Takashi Miike is no stranger to producing disturbing, genre-busting, and gut-wrenching cinematic treats like the Dead or Alive series, Audition , and Visitor Q .
Japan's Takashi Miike has become a filmmaking phenomenon for his ultra-violent Dead or Alive trilogy, the nightmarish Audition, and for this film, a sizzling, orgiastic celebration of bloodshed and depravity.
Japanese "B" movie master Takashi Miike follows up last year's Dead or Alive and Audition with this new gross-out classic.
Told through many narratives almost like a darker “Pulp Fiction”, Miike’s entire film is a sheer test on his audience, a test of stomach turning, cringe-inducing sadism that he explores without pulling his punches.
If “Ichi The Killer” didn’t confirm that, “Audition” certainly will.
Such a reception would suggest that Audition is a full-throttle freakout on the order of Ichi the Killer or Dead or Alive.
Japanese bad boy Takashi Miike (Audition) storyboarded this crackling noir from an "extreme manga" by Hideo Yamamoto--extreme in its misogyny, sadism, and gore.
Takashi Miike is no stranger to producing disturbing, genre-busting, and gut-wrenching cinematic treats like the Dead or Alive series, Audition , and Visitor Q .
If you thought the last half hour of “Audition” was utterly insane, try sitting through the entire 135 minute running time of “Ichi”.
A Fudoh-like tale of a young yakuza with designs on taking over the whole damn family, Ichi the Killer plumbs depths that Takashi Miike's punishing masterpiece Audition merely skirted.