Love really hurts.
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.
Cast
Tadanobu Asano
Kakihara
Nao Omori
Ichi
Shinya Tsukamoto
Jijii
SABU
Kaneko
Paulyn Sun
Karen
Susumu Terajima
Suzuki
Shun Sugata
Takayama
Toru Tezuka
Fujiwara
Yoshiki Arizono
Nakazawa
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Ryu Long
Satoshi Niizuma
Inoue
Suzuki Matsuo
Jirô / Saburô
Jun Kunimura
Funaki
Moro Morooka
Coffee Shop Manager
Houka Kinoshita
Sailor's Lover
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Man in Restaurant
Yuki Kazamatsuri
Yakuza Girl
Rio Aoki
Miyuki
Sakichi Sato
Man Kicking Ichi
Kaori Sugawara
Hiroshi Kobayashi
Takeshi
Mai Goto
Sarah
Manzō Shinra
Masataka Haji
Hideo Sako
Mako Takeda
Videos
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- Release Date 12/22/2001
- Language Japanese
- Director Takashi Miike
- Editor Yasushi Shimamura
- Cinematographer Hideo Yamamoto
- Producers Dai Miyazaki, Akiko Funatsu
- Companies Omega Project, Omega Micott, Excell Film Agentur
- Budget $1,400,010
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Sep 14, 2001 | Premiere (Toronto International Film Festival) | R |
| Japan | Dec 22, 2001 | Theatrical | — |
| Germany | Apr 12, 2002 | Theatrical (Limited) | 18 |
| CH | Jul 5, 2002 | Digital | 18 |
| Netherlands | Jul 25, 2002 | Theatrical | 16 |
| Spain | Oct 4, 2002 | Premiere (Sitges Film Festival) | — |
| Spain | Nov 2, 2002 | Premiere (Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de San Sebastián) | — |
| United States | May 19, 2003 | Theatrical (Limited) | — |
| IE | May 30, 2003 | Theatrical (Limited) | 18 |
| United Kingdom | May 30, 2003 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Spain | Jan 19, 2005 | Physical | 18 |
| France | Oct 19, 2006 | Physical (DVD) | 16 |
| Netherlands | Nov 22, 2007 | Physical (DVD) | 16 |
| France | Feb 5, 2025 | Theatrical | 16 |
| France | Feb 18, 2025 | Physical (Blu-Ray & 4K UHD) | 16 |
| Poland | Jun 14, 2025 | Premiere (WTF Fest) | — |
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