Rating: R (strong perverse violence/gore and sexuality, language and drug content)
Length: 124 minutes

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 2.0
JAPANESE: Dolby Digital 5.1
JAPANESE: Dolby Digital 2.0

English

A Japanese gang boss disappears with a lot of cash and foul play is suspected. His 2nd in command vows to find him and punish those involved. Little does he know the people he will be facing including one very disturbed Ich

For a film with as much gore and violent scenes as this has, there is a good storyline and some humor. The two lead actors (Asano and Omori) carry the movie on their shoulders; they were perfectly cast and directed. Guys, if you're looking for unclothed females, you will get quite a few though I'm not sure you'll really want to watch. Ladies, you get a naked man hung from the ceiling on hooks and the backside of a guy running down the street (I'm not sure why I mention this since I don't believe most women that start watching this film will ever make it through to those two scenes).

Take a minute and look at the long list of keywords for this movie at IMDb (Keywords). This is one of the most disturbing films I've seen on a couple of different levels and all of the blood isn't one of them.

And lets talk about the cool blood-bag dvd case. Looks great on a shelf but it's very difficult to get the dvds out of. I'm going to display the blood-bag while storing the dvds in a case that's easier to access.

• Commentary With Director Takashi Miike and Manga Artist/Writer Hideo Yamamoto
• Featurette With Hostel/Hostel II Director Eli Roth
• "The Cult of ICHI" Featurette
• "Memories of ICHI: The Making of Ichi the Killer" Featurette
• Interview With Producer Dai Miyazaki
• Interview With Actors Sabu and Tsukamoto
• Cast Interviews With Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Sabu and Shinya Tsukamoto
• Miike Trailer Reel
• Photo Gallery
• Original Trailer

If you don't think you want to watch this film (dad), you are absolutely correct. If you love films with blood/gore/violence and have yet to find one that makes you want to cringe/look away, this movie is for you.

Takashi Miike   [Audition, Gozu, Imprint]

Yoshiki Arizono - Nakazawa

Tadanobu Asano - Kakihara

Houka Kinoshita - Sailor's Lover

Jun Kunimura - Funaki

[Audition, Kill Bill Vol 1]

Suzuki Matsuo - Jirô / Saburô

Moro Morooka - Coffee Shop Manager

Satoshi Niizuma - Inoue

Nao Omori - Ichi

Kiyohiko Shibukawa - Ryu Long

Shun Sugata - Takayama

Paulyn Sun - Karen

Hiroyuki Tanaka - Kaneko

Susumu Terajima - Suzuki

Toru Tezuka - Fujiwara

Shinya Tsukamoto - Jijii

[Nightmare Detective]