When the Yakuza boss Anjo disappears with e fortune of his gang, his sadomasochist number one and lover Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano) and his men search for him. The mysterious Jiji (Shinya Tsukamoto) arrives in their office and accuses the rival Yakuza Suzuki (Sabu) of abducting Anjo, and Kakihara tortures him trying to locate the boss. When Kakihara realizes that he has committed a mistake, he pays with his tongue to the Yakuza and sooner he finds that the responsible is the psychopath and mentally deficient Ichi, who was abused in his childhood and is sexually repressed, and is controlled by Jiji using his skills in martial arts and blades to eliminate the gangsters.
"Koroshiya 1" is another gore and twisted movie of Takashi Miike, where most of the characters are bizarre and practically all the stylish scenes disclose tortures, perversion and explicit violence. I know his style, therefore there is no surprise for me in what I have just seen; however, unfortunately this movie has a messy screenplay. I did not find the motives for the procedure of Jiji and I did not understand the last scene. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Ichi, O Assassino" ("Ichi, The Killer")
"Koroshiya 1" is another gore and twisted movie of Takashi Miike, where most of the characters are bizarre and practically all the stylish scenes disclose tortures, perversion and explicit violence. I know his style, therefore there is no surprise for me in what I have just seen; however, unfortunately this movie has a messy screenplay. I did not find the motives for the procedure of Jiji and I did not understand the last scene. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Ichi, O Assassino" ("Ichi, The Killer")