- Format: PAL
- Language Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Premier Asia
- DVD Release Date: 17 Oct 2005
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000163SB6
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 27,406 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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I loved `Audition' by Miike and so I had to see `Ichi.'. While the style is definitely Miike's, I found that I didn't like it quite as much as `Audition.' It is hard to care much about many of the people being tortured because there is no character development in most of them with the exception of Ichi and Kakihara. Kakihara likes to be tortured, but only by those who are the best at inflicting pain. Therefore he is very studied in the art of giving pain and practices this with relish. There is a poor slob in the movie who is tied to a chair and has grossly enlarged needles thrown at his exposed face and who knows what else is done to him before they get the idea to cut his unmentionables into several ribbons with a pair of scissors. While there was little to no character development with this man it is hard not to be sympathetic to his plight. I felt a large rush of horror even though I am a female.
Ichi is interesting and has a strangely boyish face for one who is so unbalanced and capable of massive human destruction. It is hard not to feel sympathy for him as well because he is manipulated and used by someone who engages in mentally torturing him to achieve his ends.
This film is not just a straight forward slasher as many critics have said - it grabs you from many different angles and keeps the brain ticking away throughout. One minute you're laughing your head off, and the next you're trying your hardest not to look away. Then two minutes later you're deep in thought giving both the main leads a good psychological going over. At the end of the film we get some mixed up mental messages and have to decide what to do with this information-Miike's trademark as far as I can tell.
Whilst there are people out there who will absolutely hate this film and find themselves trying not to vomit, those of you who can take some comic book ultra violence and have a slightly darker sense of humour and are as curious as I am can defiantly check this title out.
Ichi is interesting and has a strangely boyish face for one who is so unbalanced and capable of massive human destruction. It is hard not to feel sympathy for him as well because he is manipulated and used by someone who engages in mentally torturing him to achieve his ends.
This film is not just a straight forward slasher as many critics have said - it grabs you from many different angles and keeps the brain ticking away throughout. One minute you're laughing your head off, and the next you're trying your hardest not to look away. Then two minutes later you're deep in thought giving both the main leads a good psychological going over. At the end of the film we get some mixed up mental messages and have to decide what to do with this information-Miike's trademark as far as I can tell.
Whilst there are people out there who will absolutely hate this film and find themselves trying not to vomit, those of you who can take some comic book ultra violence and have a slightly darker sense of humour and are as curious as I am can defiantly check this title out.
Ichi the Killer: Episode 0 is an animated adaptation of the manga and was produced because of the popularity of the live-action film, it is a combonation of extreme violence and unemotional content, Kakihara still proves to be one of my all time favourite manga characters and I like all of Hideo Yamamoto's work so it's hard to pick a fav, but what makes it better is him being voiced my directing genius 'Takashi Miike'. More towards the plot of the film, it's centered in Ichi's past which was never shown in the manga, only snipets were shown in the manga, so it's more of a filler than anything else, but it'll be the best filler you'll ever see, I promise you that. But I wouldn't recommend this OVA unless you are a hardcore Ichi the Killer fan...
When i saw this i thought well the film was good so lets buy the manga!The anime is very good and the violence is very extreme so good in my book.Then why a bad rating well it is to short and i was really into it and then thats it which disappointed me
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Boring and stupid...
I'm sorry...i pretty much hate this movie. bought it about a year ago cos looked brutal and extreme. well...it tries to be but to me it falls flat. Read more
Published on 29 May 2009 by Sarah Shakespeare
good stuff.
if you have seen the movie you should se this anime also. it tells the backstory of Ichi so its well worth a couple of pounds.
Published on 2 Mar 2009 by Ørjan Benjaminsen
seriously disturbing
well what can i say apart from freaky and strange and disturbing and i dont mean to sound like any of those but i did find it very entertaining at times i felt sorry for ichi and... Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2005 by ichi
Good companion to the live version.
This version of Ichi the Killer is very good indeed. It provides a good history of how the character of Ichi developed and is a good companion to the live version.
Published on 20 July 2004
Manga at it's most extreme!
Ichi the killer is a short but good slice of japanese manga. I bought it because of curiousity, and because i like this sort of thing. Read more
Published on 27 May 2004 by Shkandrij
miike, what have you done?
i purchased this particular DVD only 40 hours ago expecting another sliceof miike greatness, i was gravely dissapinted. Read more
Published on 25 April 2004 by Mr. J. J. Marshall
amazing
well, after watching audition, had no other choice but to buy this, amazing, it was brillent, kept you glued to the screen, and yelling for more from this director. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2004 by denise burnell
A waste of time
Because of the excellent live action film of the same name I bought this DVD with high expectations, particularly as it featured the voice of Takashi Miike as Kakahari. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2004 by Henry Henry Cruel
Very interesting bit of Manga.
I've seen bits of Manga before, but never really "got" what they were about. I've no idea what drew me to Ichi the Killer, but I picked it up and watched it by myself the... Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2004
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