Ichi the Killer
Love really hurts.
2001 | 129m | Japanese
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Takashi Miike |
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| Writer: | Sakichi Sato |
| Staring: |
| As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 22, 2001 |
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| Director: | Takashi Miike |
| Writer: | Sakichi Sato |
| Genres: | Action, Horror, Crime |
| Keywords | assassin, yakuza, pain, violence against women, piercing, dominatrix, gore, based on manga, drugs, criminal underworld, twins, cynical, blade, masochist, sadistic torture, predator turns victim, disturbed, anarchic comedy, absurd, kabukicho, bold, cruel, enthusiastic, excited, inflammatory |
| Production Companies | Omega Project, Omega Micott, Excell Film Agentur |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $80,631
Budget: $1,400,010 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 10, 2025 Entered: Oct 10, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tadanobu Asano | Kakihara |
| Nao Omori | Ichi |
| Shinya Tsukamoto | Jijii |
| SABU | Kaneko |
| Paulyn Sun | Karen |
| Susumu Terajima | Suzuki |
| Shun Sugata | Takayama |
| Toru Tezuka | Fujiwara |
| Yoshiki Arizono | Nakazawa |
| Kiyohiko Shibukawa | Ryu Long |
| Satoshi Niizuma | Inoue |
| Suzuki Matsuo | Jirô / Saburô |
| Jun Kunimura | Funaki |
| Moro Morooka | Coffee Shop Manager |
| Houka Kinoshita | Sailor's Lover |
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | Man in Restaurant |
| Yuki Kazamatsuri | Yakuza Girl |
| Rio Aoki | Miyuki |
| Sakichi Sato | Man Kicking Ichi |
| Kaori Sugawara | |
| Hiroshi Kobayashi | Takeshi |
| Mai Goto | Sarah |
| Manzo Shinra | |
| Masataka Haji | |
| Hideo Sako | |
| Mako Takeda |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Takashi Miike | Director |
| Yasushi Shimamura | Editor |
| Mizuki Ito | Sound Effects Editor |
| Misako Saka | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Michiko Kitamura | Costume Design |
| Seiichi Yamamoto | Original Music Composer |
| Sakichi Sato | Screenplay |
| Hideo Yamamoto | Comic Book |
| Takashi Sasaki | Production Design |
| Yoshiya Obara | Sound |
| Hideo Yamamoto | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Akiko Funatsu | Producer |
| Toyoyuki Yokohama | Executive Producer |
| Albert Yeung | Executive Producer |
| Dai Miyazaki | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 24 | 38 | 15 |
| 2024 | 5 | 27 | 35 | 19 |
| 2024 | 6 | 25 | 41 | 15 |
| 2024 | 7 | 27 | 51 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 12 |
| 2024 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 13 |
| 2024 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 10 |
| 2024 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 12 |
| 2025 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 13 |
| 2025 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 707 | 789 |