1 ichi

2003Video⏱️ 1h 23mNot Rated

ActionDramaThriller

⭐ 5.2

IMDB Rating

851 votes

How Ichi becomes the Killer. The movie is a pre-quel to Takashi Miike's Koroshiya 1 (Ichi - The Killer).

Director

Masato Tanno

Writers

Sakichi Sato, Hideo Yamamoto

Stars

Nao Ômori, Teah, Chihara Junia

Release Date

January 24, 2003

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Nao Ômori

as Ichi

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Teah

as Dai

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Chihara Junia

as Onizame

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Chisato Amate

as Satomi

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Yuki Oikawa

as Nao

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Eiki Kitamura

as Hiromi

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Kazuhiro Mashiko

as Hide

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.85 : 1

Sound

Dolby Digital

Color

Filming Location

Japan

🏷️ Keywords

vomitingfightviolencehigh schoolbullying

🎯 Categories

JapaneseActionDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

There's a Prequel?!!

by pantera4king • 2005-04-25

7/10

"A good prequel to the GREAT Ichi the killer, only a few bad things such as NO KAKIHARA!!!! which is a shame, even if he just made a small cameo it would have been great. the story is simple and violence OTT (which is a sign of MIIKE ) there doesn't seem to be as much style put into this film as Miike was only the assistant director but there are still signs of him in it. i wouldn't recommend you see this before Ichi the killer as it may not want you to watch Ichi the killer as much, SO watch it as a prequel and not before. But If you have seen Ichi the killer and liked it give this..."