2001 · crime · horror · action
Ichi the Killer
Directed by Takashi Miike2h 9m2001
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.
Our read: Ichi the Killer (2001) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal crime · horror · action entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme crime / horror, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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