4K Restoration
Takashi Miike’s ICHI THE KILLER has endured as one of the most influential pieces of genre filmmaking of the last two decades, and now it returns in a stunning all-new 4k restoration approved by Miike himself.
This visceral, bloody, and often hilarious film follows Kakihara (Golden Globe winner Tadanobu Asano, Shogun), a notoriously sadistic yakuza enforcer whose search for his boss’ killer brings him into the orbit of a demented costumed assassin known as Ichi (Nao Ōmori, From Up on Poppy Hill).
ICHI THE KILLER has been released in several versions over the years. While Takeshi Miike’s original cut was 128 minutes long; the original US release was heavily edited to receive an R rating from the MPAA. Since its release, the film has also been periodically banned in several countries, including Norway, Germany, and Malaysia. This restoration features Takashi Miike’s full-length, original 128 minutes cut of the film.
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