Takashi Miike, one of Japans most prolifi c and diverse directors, has found himself a devoted international cult following. His diverse and ever expanding list of off-beat and over-the-top fi lms, teeming with violence and perverse sexual content, had audiences and directors alike revelling in his nightmarish celluloid visions, awestruck by his uncompromising approach to fi lm making. Ichi the Killer was the fi lm which would break him through from the grindhouse to the arthouse and onward to the mainstream. Ushering in the new millennium with an unprecedented level of style and intensity, Takashii Miike became the unrivaled king of extreme cinema.
Ichi the Killer takes the classic Japanese Yakuza tale and turns it inside-out organs exposed and blood red in a relentless splatter cacophony. Controlled by a retired cop called Jijii (roughly translated as Gramps), Ichi is a nervous and demented young voyeur murdering anyone Jijii deems a bullyand Ichi does not like bullies! Enter sadistic Yakuza lieutenant Kakihara, who has heard of Ichis fragile mental state and penchant for extreme behaviour, desperately wanting to meet Ichi - the only one he sees as a parallel to his own disturbed mind. Tracking down Ichi is going to be messy work!
Siren Visual presents this best-selling cult masterpiece in an all-new remastered version with over an hour of bonus features.