Ichi the Killer Trailer - Yikes!
 

I came across this trailer for a Japanese movie called 'Ichi the Killer' which I know nothing about.

All I can say after watching it is :eek:

Caution....it's pretty graphic.

Ichi the Killer Trailer

Welcome to last year.

:)

Go to HkFlix.com and buy the DVD. It's not all that bad. A very good, gruesome film. There is also an anime of it.

Yeah, it's graphic, but not a very good film. However, I seem to be one of the only fans of Asian cinema that doesn't appreciate the works of Takeshi Miike :(

Heh, there's something you can't unlearn . . . all that's left is checking out the movie itself, or Audition, or Visitor Q, or any Takashi Miike films. Like nothing you've seen before. And I don't say that about many filmmakers.

This movie disappointed me, considering all the hype. Gory and twisted, yes. A good movie, no.

Trailer for the Ichi anime is at Hong Kong Legends (I really wanna see that one)
They also got an alternative trailer for the live-action film which I like a whole lot better.

I rented Ichi this weekend and was let down also, I was expecting so much more from this film. The gore was great, if that's your thing, but I found the story lacking.

I still think Ichi The Killer is Takashi Miike's best film (I haven't seen every one, but I've got every DVD of his that's available with English subtitles, which still doesn't even make up a quarter of all the films he's made). The ending is very open ended, but I think it works perfectly with what came before. Ichi, to me, is the poster child of new Japanese cinema.

Also, it's got a soundtrack by The Boredoms! Does it get any better than this? I think not.

Didn't like the ending to dead or alive I see...

;)

Ichi.. yeah, it's pretty graphic.

Ichi wasn't that bad, the movie was better than expected, the gore was a bit of a let down. Won't be watching it again.

Be sure to avoid the weak R-rated version.

I enjoyed the movie. It's actually pretty funny, in a sick and perverse way. I'm not really a fan of gore, but this movie just worked for me. The ending takes more than one watch to figure out though.

Ichi is a shock film. Nothing more. I think a lot of people went in expecting something that would make them think. It's not meant for that.

Actually you're not - I was speaking to a Japanese friend of mine and she was saying how he's not that big in Japan and most of his films are straight-to-video.

That said, I think Miike's Audition is excellent.

It was a bad movie... I tried watching it and it was not interesting at all. Guess I just didnt get it. I took it back to the rental store and told them it wouldnt work in my player and got a credit and another movie to rent.

Its availible in region 1 also uncut as well.

If he's the guy that made Audition, I will 100% join you on this cause.

Did she mention that most of his films are straight to video because he makes about 15 per year? I know that The Happiness Of The Katakuris, at least, was released as a big Christmas film.

Meanwhile, I'm anxiously awaiting the copy of Agitator, a book on Miike's films, that I ordered several days ago.

15 per year? How much work can actually go into these? oh.. that's why we need the gore...

Rainer Werner Fassbinder made several films per year in his lifetime, and no one is claiming they lack in quality. Miike is just an active guy. Not every one of his films is filled with gore. Ichi The Killer is, but it's also based on a manga that I can only presume also had a lot of gore. Why bash him? He's a very productive, very distinctive filmmaker who does different things with his movies. Would you rather he make fifteen films just like Cheaper By The Dozen?

I havn't seen the movie (and probably won't) but the guy on the movie's banner that pops up on this forum looks like a clown. Is he supposed to be scary or intimidating? Every time I see that picture it makes me laugh.

Didn't mean to come off as bashing, the gore comment just wrote itself. :)

Seriously, there's got to be a bunch of junk though. So he's completing films in less than a month on average? It just strikes me as odd. I've never heard of this Fassbinder, so I can't comment, and I haven't seen Cheaper by the dozen either.

The real question is, if he'd been charged with LOTR, would he have finished it in 3 months? ;)

15 is a very big exaggeration - he actually does about 6 a year and most of it is straight to video or made for TV.

Its great that he's so productive, but not all of his films have 'worked' for me. So, IMO (like some others apparently), some of the films are definitely straight-to-video quality.

Fassbinder BTW also did a lot of TV work in his most productive years - but even he averaged only 3 a year.

OK, end of discussion.

Good Lord, this was a gruesome movie! Extremely drippy, intestinal, and arterial!

Was it based on a graphic novel?

:up: That's beautiful!