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A Balasaur Score of 65 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 65%, Metacritic 55/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes65%
Metacritic55/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
1,145 audience votes
Key crew
- Takashi MiikeDirector
- Sakichi SatoScreenplay
- Seiichi YamamotoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tadanobu AsanoKakihara
- Nao OmoriIchi
- Shinya TsukamotoJijii
- SABUKaneko
- Paulyn SunKaren
- Susumu TerajimaSuzuki
- Shun SugataTakayama
- Toru TezukaFujiwara
- Yoshiki ArizonoNakazawa
- Kiyohiko ShibukawaRyu Long
- Satoshi NiizumaInoue
- Suzuki MatsuoJirô / Saburô
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Themes
assassinpainyakuzagoredominatrixviolence against womenpiercingbased on mangadrugscriminal underworldtwinsblade