Ichi the Killer
Love really hurts.
2001 | 129m | Japanese
Popularity: 6 (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: | |
| Keywords | assassin, yakuza, pain, violence against women, piercing, dominatrix, based on manga, criminal underworld, cynical, blade, masochist, sadistic torture, predator turns victim, disturbed, anarchic comedy, 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 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 707 | 789 |