It's the kind of deeply horrible and bizarre movie that really can only be viewed from between your fingers, or behind the sofa, for most of its two-hours-plus running time.
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07/08/03
Ichi the Killer (2002)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:21
Rotten:11
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Ichi The Killer is a thoroughly shocking gorefest that will surely entertain those with strong stomachs and a penchant for brutal violence.
Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
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... [More]
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto, Sabu
Director: Takashi Miike
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Reviews for Ichi the Killer
The unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive, the director just ends up exposing his own obsession.
06/10/03
Only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms will find anything here to appreciate.
06/05/03
Like every film which claims the mantle of Goriest-Yet-Made, Ichi the Killer will draw the curious into its flesh-frazzled visceral grip.
05/30/03
It's endlessly inventive, consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage.
05/23/03
The direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence, but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why.
05/19/03
Top CriticThose who want to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to Ichi.
05/16/03
Takashi Miike keeps pushing the envelope: Ichi the Killer
12/09/02
Side-splitting.
10/14/02
With Ichi the Killer, Takashi Miike, Japan's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than Batman...
06/21/02
Nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one.
04/16/02
Japan's premier stylist of sex and blood hits audiences with what may be his most demented film to date.
03/12/02
Much of what we see is horrible but it’s also undeniably exceedingly clever.
03/05/02
Quite possibly the most gruesome film I've ever seen, this live-action manga thriller at least has a vicious sense of humour amid the gore.
03/05/02
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