Special Features:
The Making of Ichi The Killer  �  Commentary with Director Takashi Miike and Manga Artist/Writer Hideo Yamamoto  �  Theatrical Trailer

If the content of movies were any indication of the society they came from, Japan would be one of the scariest places in the world to live. In Ichi the Killer, director Takashi Miike is given total freedom to do whatever he wants. Miike takes that freedom and gives us one of the most violently graphic movies I can ever recall seeing. Based on a Japanese Comic (or manga) the film follows yakuza member Kakihara and Ichi. Kakihara is trying to find his boss who has disappeared and Ichi, as the title says, is a killer. The thing is that Ichi doesn't just kill someone he shreds them. Obviously this movie is not for everyone. What is odd about the movie is at a little over two hours it almost feels too short. It seems like we are just scraping at the surface of the characters. An extra half an hour might have added just enough to move the film to that next level.