Ichi the Killer (2001)

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Love really hurts.

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.

• Released: 2001-12-22
• Genres: Action, Crime, Horror
• Runtime: 2h 9m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 1,150 votes

Directed by Takashi Miike.

Top cast

• Tadanobu Asano as Kakihara
• Nao Omori as Ichi
• Shinya Tsukamoto as Jijii
• SABU as Kaneko
• Paulyn Sun as Karen
• Susumu Terajima as Suzuki
• Shun Sugata as Takayama
• Toru Tezuka as Fujiwara
• Yoshiki Arizono as Nakazawa
• Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Ryu Long

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Ichi the Killer

• United States: stream on Philo, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Hi-YAH, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Hi-YAH Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome, YOW.tv, Tubi TV; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: stream on MUBI, AMC+ Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel; watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store

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