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2003 (Japan)
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How Ichi becomes the Killer. The movie is a pre-quel to Takashi Miike's Koroshiya 1 (Ichi - The Killer). full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Nao Omori | ... | Ichi / Satoichi |
| Teah | ... | Mr. Dai |
| Chihara Junia | ... | Onizame (as Kôji Chihara) |
| Chisato Amate | ... | Satomi |
| Yuki Oikawa | ... | Nao |
| Eiki Kitamura | ... | Hiromi |
| Kazuhiro Mashiko | ... | Hide |
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Japan:83 min
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References Koroshiya 1 (2001)
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| Miike just a tad pretentious? | Gee_zu5 |
| which one first | filMADicted |
| 1 of 3? | Esiege |
| Music From The Film?? | mahoe-1 |
| Out in the uk? | reesy495 |
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An interesting, distinctly Japanese low budget flick. The story revolves around the origins of infamous Ichi the Killer. The movie starts with Dai, a de facto high school fighting champion trying to maintain his status as the toughest kid on the block. All the while a weakling, Satoichi, discovers that he gets sexual gratification from violence. The movie doesn't really take off until the appearance Onizame, a sadistic new kid on the block who is more than a match for Dai. This is the point when the whole thing turns into an orgy of violence, perversion, and general creepiness of absurd proportions.
The most noticeable flaw of this movie is unnecessary odd editing and various cheap video effects, a common ailment of many amateur film makers. The director probably felt very self conscious of the movie's shoe string budget and tried to use all possible means at his disposal to "thicken up" the production values. Unfortunately, the only thing that that did was cause an unnecessary distraction from an otherwise decent story line. Nonetheless, 1-Ichi is definitely worth a watch for the fans of the genre, or anyone who is interested in seeing an alternative to the stuff put out by Hollywood. The best thing about this film is Kôji Chihara (playing Onizame), who steals the show as a psychotic bully.