english title | Ichi The Killer |
original title | 殺し屋1 |
aka | Koroshiya 1 |
year | 2001 |
country | Japan |
director | MIIKE Takashi - 三池崇史 | |
actor | ASANO Tadanobu - 浅野忠信 | Kakihara |
OMORI Nao | Ichi | |
TSUKAMOTO Shinya - 塚本晋也 | Jijii | |
TERAJIMA Susumu - 寺島進 | Suzuki | |
SUGATA Shun | Takayama | |
MATSUO Suzuki | Jiro | |
Pauline SUEN Kai-Kwan - 孫佳君 | Karen | |
SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko | Ryu Long | |
SABU | Kaneko | |
KUNIMURA Jun | Funaki | |
producer | FUNATSU Akiko | |
Gordon CHAN Ka-Seung - 陳嘉上 | ||
MIYASAKI Dai | ||
composer | KARERA MUSICATION | |
YAMAMOTO Yasushi | ||
scriptwriter | SATO Sakichi | |
special effects | SAKA Misako | |
editor | SHIMAMURA Yasushi | |
cinematographer | YAMAMOTO Hideo | |
sound director | OBARA Yoshiya | |
assistant director | TANNO Masato |
genres | thriller |
duration | 129 mins |
classification | Hong-Kong: |
One day, Boss Anjo of the powerful yakuza group "The Anjo Group" vanishes, together with one hundred million yen. In fact, Boss Anjo was assassinated by the killer Ichi, with the blood bath masterminded by Jiji. Kakihara, a member of the Anjo Group, orders his crew to search for the boss. Basically turning the town upside down. With the help of mysterious club bostess Karen, Kakihara get closer to finding Jiji's hired killer, Ichi...
(source: DVD)