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Ichi the Killer (live-action movie)

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©2001 Hideo Yamamoto / Shogakukan / "Ichi the Killer" Production committee.


[ adapted from Ichi the Killer (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Ichi The Killer: Episode 0 (OAV) (prequel)
    Ichi-1 (live-action movie) (prequel)

Alternative title:
Koroshiya Ichi (Japanese)
Убийца Ичи (Russian)
殺し屋1 (Japanese)
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Ichi is a man with the mental capacity of a child. Complicated circumstances, including his condition, cause him to become a sadist, his only gratification being granted through the pain of others. When the boss of the Anjo gang goes missing, a masochistic subordinate kakihara becomes involved, leading to an inevitable confrontation...
Running time: 129 minutes
Vintage: 2001
Releases: We have 1
Trivia: We have 9
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Related releases:
    Ichi the Killer (Blu-Ray) 2009-12-22 (from $19.99)
    Ichi the Killer (Blu-Ray 03) 2009-03-31 (from $17.99)
    Ichi the Killer - Special Edition (DVD) 2009-07-28 (from $22.49)
    Ichi the Killer (DVD) 2009-12-22 (from $13.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Takashi Miike

Screenplay: Sakichi Sato

Music: Seiichi Yamamoto

Original Manga: Hideo Yamamoto

Director of Photography: Hideo Yamamoto

Executive producer:
Albert Yeung (EMG)
Sumiji Miyake
Toyoyuki Yokohama

Producer:
Akiko Funatsu
Dai Miyazaki

Assistant director: Masato Tanno

Associate producer:
Elliot Tong
Toshiki Kimura (Excellent Film)

Casting: Mitsuyo Ishigaki

Cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto

Co-Producer:
Elliot Tong
Yuchul Cho

Costume Design: Michiko Kitamura

Editing: Yasushi Shimamura

Sound: Yoshiya Obara

Special Makeup Effects Artist: Yuichi Matsui

Visual Effects Supervision: Misako Saka

 

Nao Omori as Ichi

Tadanobu Asano as Kakihara

Shinya Tsukamoto as Jijii

Shun Sugata as Takayama

Alien Sun as Karen

Hoka Kinoshita as Sailor's Lover

Jun Kunimura as Funaki

Kee as Ryu Long

Mai Goto as Sailor

Moro Morooka as Coffee Shop Manager

Noko Morishita as Pub Patron

Rio Aoki as Miyuki

Sabu as Kaneko

Sakichi Sato as Man Kicking Ichi

Satoshi Niizuma as Inoue

Setchin Kawaya as Pub Proprietor

Susumu Terajima as Suzuki

Suzuki Matsuo as Jiro 

Toru Tezuka as Fujiwara

Yoshiki Arizono as Nakazawa

Yuki Kazamatsuri as Yakuza Girl

Hideo Sako

Kaori Sugawara

Mako Takeda

Masataka Haji

Japanese companies 

Distributor: Prenom H

DVD Distribution: Pioneer (Japan)

Production:
Alpha Group
EMG
Excellent Film
Omega Micott
Omega Project
Spike
Starmax


English companies 
English staff 
(none)

Distributor:
Siren Visual Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Tokyo Shock

Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment
Media Blasters

UK Dvd Distribution: Medusa Communications

English cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Angel de Gracia as Ichi (Spain dub)

Luis Posada as Kakihara (Spain dub)

Javier Roldán as Jiji (Spain dub)

Ricky Coello as Takayama (Spain dub)

Cristina Mauri as Karen (Spain dub)

Gonzalo Durán as Jirô (Spain dub)

Jordi Royo as Kaneko (Spain dub)

José Javier Serrano as Nakazawa (Spain dub)

Miguel Ángel Jenner as Sr. Funaki (Spain dub)

Paco Gázquez as Suzuki (Spain dub)

Victoria Ramos as Takeshi (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Christian Stark as Ichi

Oliver Böttcher as Kakihara

Jennifer Böttcher as Karen

Konrad Halver as Jijii

Wolf Frass as Takayama

German companies 
(none)
 
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