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Ichi The Killer [2003]

DVD ~ Tadanobu Asano
3.8 out of 5 stars  (46 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto, Paulyn Sun, Susumu Terajima
  • Directors: Takashi Miike
  • Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Collector's Edition, PAL
  • Language English, Japanese
  • Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Contender Entertainment Group
  • DVD Release Date: 2 Jun 2003
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: Japanese
    • Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1
    • Feature Length Audio Commentary With Bey Logan And Alien Sun And Eliot Tong
    • Interview With Miike Takashi
    • Interview With Alien Sun
    • Interview With Tadanobu And Shinya Tsukamoto
    • Original Theatrical Trailer
    • UK Campaign Trailer
    • Behind The Scenes Vignettes
    • Outtakes
    • Behind The Scenes Footage
    • Photo Gallery Featuring Behind The Scenes Images And Campaign Artwork
    • Text Biographies
    • Filmographies For Cast Members
  • ASIN: B000092WBY
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,424 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Special Features
16:9 Anamorphic version enhanced for widescreen TVs.
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

Synopsis
Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano), a masochistic yakuza lieutenant, has slits in his cheeks through which he blows cigarette smoke and gleefully hacks off his own tongue to apologize for his impudence. Then there's eponymous assassin (Nao Omori), a painfully shy but sadistic young voyeur who wears a leather superhero outfit to work. Manipulated by the cagey and mysterious Jijii (English translation: "Gramps," Shinya Tsukamoto), Ichi lashes out and massacres those Jijii deems bullies, and basically anyone else who upsets his frail psyche. Jijii uses the demented lad to start a bloody war between rival yakuza factions. Miike's film is full of grotesquely over-the-top violent set pieces, including flying entrails, graphic mutilations, and even a severed human face splattered against a wall and slowly sliding to the ground. It's all captured with kinetic camerawork and hyperactive editing. It's not for everyone, but bolder viewers will find it uniquely entertaining.

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