What is Ichi the Killer?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox film | name = Ichi the Killer | image = | alt = | caption = | director = [[Takashi Miike]] | producers = {{Plainlist| * Akiko Funatsu * Dai Miyazaki }} | screenplay = [[Sakichi Satō]] | based_on = {{based on|''[[Ichi the Killer (manga)|Ichi the Killer]]''|[[Hideo Yamamoto]]}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Tadanobu Asano]] * [[Nao Omori]] * [[Shinya Tsukamoto]] * [[Alien Sun]] * [[Sabu (director)|Sabu]] }} | music = {{Plainlist| * [[Karera Musication]] * [[Seiichi Yamamoto]] }} | cinematography = Hideo Yamamoto | editing = Yasushi Shimamura | distributor = [[Media Blasters]] {{small|(USA)}} | released = {{Film date|df=y|2001|09|14|[[2001 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|2001|12|22|Japan}} | runtime = 128 minutes<!--Submitted theatrical runtime: 128:33--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/ichi-killer-film | title=''Ichi the Killer'' (18) (CUT) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=11 December 2001 | accessdate=4 November 2016}}</ref> | country = Japan | language = {{Plainlist| * Japanese * English }} | budget = | gross = }} '''''Ichi the Killer''''' is a [[Japan]]ese [[movie]] by Takashi Miike. It was based on the [[manga]] by Hideo Yamamoto. == Plot == ''Ichi the Killer'' is a [[Japan]]ese movie about a man named Kakihara who is part of a Japanese gang. He enjoys giving and receiving [[pain]]. When his gang boss goes missing, Kakihara is [[angry]] because he thinks nobody else will be able to give him as much pain and [[pleasure]] as his boss did. It turns out Kakihara's [[boss]] was [[murder]]ed by a violent [[kill]]er called Ichi (Japanese for the number one). 300 million [[yen]] was stolen by the group that arrived to clean the mess up. Kakihara has convinced himself that his boss is alive and [[torture]]s a member of a [[rival]] gang for information. The man turns out to be [[innocent]] and Kakihara is kicked out of his gang. Kakihara hears about Ichi and becomes [[excited]] at the idea of somebody who can inflict more [[pain]] on hi