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Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio.
Feature length audio commentary with Asian movie expert Bey Logan, leading lady Alien Sun and producer Eliot Tong Interview Gallery with director Takashi Miike and leads Tadanobu Asano, Alien Sun and Shinya Tsukamoto
Original Theatrical trailer
UK campaign trailer
Behind-the-scenes vignettes
E.P.K featuring alternative interview with director Takashi Miike, out-takes and behind-the-scenes footage Photo gallery featuring behind-the-scenes images and campaign artwork
Glamour photo gallery with Alien Sun Text biographies and filmographies for principle cast members
Premier Asia showcase including forthcoming attractions
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
excellent movie...cut to bits,
By muse20012004 (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ichi the Killer [DVD] [2003] (DVD)
just to clarify im not rating the excellent 'ichi the killer' a 1 star but im rating the DVD package a 1.
ichi the killer is an excellent movie that has to be viewed in its full uncut version.we see how far Takashi Miike goes with strong and dark voilent,sexual,and gory humour.it pushes the boundries of filmmaking,and you need a strong stomach to watch a few scenes. but its not just that the BBFC have cut a lot of scenes(in full about 5 minuites are cut) but its the fact that its been cut so badly that if you watch this version im surprised you will know whats going on.the uk version was the first i saw of this film and i honestly didnt know what the hell was going on towards the end in some scenes,and it was only after watching a full uncut version i understood more. and whats worse is that there is no uncut version for sale in the uk.so you may have to search online for a foreign version(which is what i did) so this dvd,as well as the 3 disc set are all cut versions of the film,so if possible,avoid and get a foreign uncut version of the film.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Inventively Nasty,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ichi the Killer [DVD] [2003] (DVD)
A slick and sick piece of live action Manga from Takashi Miike, the sort of guy you wouldn't employ to video a baptism.I first saw Ichi at the London Film Festival a few years ago, having been a fan of Audition and Dead or Alive, and couldn't believe my senses. Leaving the cinema I made a beline for the bar. On DVD, the film looks tamer, and having been cut by three minutes or so, it's not too surprising. Various scenes are shorter than before (beatings, torture, rape etc.), and the most notorious scene (which, for prudence sake, I won't describe here, but comes near the end just before the detective dons his dog-ears - fans of the film will know what I mean), actually this last scene made me feel pretty queasy when I saw it in full, so I confess I don't really miss it that much, although it does screw with the continutiy. Confusingly, the commentary track refers to the uncut version and seems to have been edited slightly to account for the gaps. This is particularly odd when the protagonists are discussing a scene which 'a lot of people had problems with' and you're watching a pair of gangsters standing by a door. Having said all of that, Premiere Asia have done a stirling job with the DVD, after all, it's not their fault that the BBFC took the scissors to the movie and it's obvious that they have made a effort to compensate for this. This two disc set is well presented and features plenty of bits and bobs to keep you occupied. The commentary is quite entertaining, although Bey Logan's knowlege of Japanese cinema isn't a patch on his knowlege of Hong Kong movies and he makes up the lost time by flirting with Alien Sun. More amusing than informative (unless you want to flirt with Alien Sun, of course). Summing up: fun film, good disc, shame about the cuts, but I'd probably be covering my eyes at those scenes anyway...
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
The BBFC shoots itself in the foot … again,
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This review is from: Ichi the Killer [DVD] [2003] (DVD)
In its uncut form 'Ichi the Killer' is one of Takashi Miike's most intelligent and provocative films. Miike has a knack for challenging cinema in the literal sense; movies that make the viewer question his own motives. And the complete 'Ichi' sure does that. For most of its length it hurtles along a twisted yakuza fantasy tale, admittedly graphic and perverse, but broadly comic and so cartoonish in its violence that it's impossible to take seriously. Every now and again, though, there's a scene of such offputting nastiness that you wonder why you find any of it enjoyable. It's highly disturbing watching, and Miike just keeps rubbing your nose in the dirt.Unfortunately, it's these most extreme scenes that the censor has snipped (over 3 minutes of them, an almost unprecedented amount of cuts). So you're allowed to coast through -- comparatively speaking, of course; it's still not for the faint of heart -- with little more than an awkward giggle or uncomfortable squirm. The edited Ichi does really feel like a violence fetishist's jack-off material, and it also feels like a largely vacuous exercise. Cutting those crucial minutes where Miike really does go too far -- quite deliberately -- not only removes the point of the movie, it turns it into exactly what the censors were afraid of in the first place. Oh well, plus ça change. See the uncut 'Ichi' if you can. Even the animé version has more of the intended spirit of the material.
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