If you have not seen Takashi Miike’s ICHI THE KILLER, we pity you. At the same time, however, we envy you. Because now it returns in a stunning all-new digitally restored special edition debuting on Blu-ray™ March 20 from Well Go USA Entertainment and you get to see it like that for the first time!

Based on Hideo Yamamoto’s manga series of the same name, the controversial and graphic tale of feuding yakuza gangs is seen primarily through the actions of a scarred and psychologically damaged man, who is manipulated into killing rival faction members.

This is some brutal -ish. The brilliant Takashi Miike (Audition) has personally approved a digitally remastered, 4k edition that is headed to Blu-ray March 20th. This man is dark, twisted, psychotic, in his filmmaking, and excessively talented. If you are a fan of extreme cinema, you need to see this.

ICHI THE KILLER stars Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto, Alien Sun and SABU. Bonus content includes Audio Commentary with Director Takashi Miike & Manga Artist/Writer Hideo Yamamoto and a still gallery.

 

Official Synopsis: 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 digitally restored special edition approved by Miike himself. This visceral, bloody, and often hilarious film follows Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano), 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 Ohmori).

ICHI THE KILLER: DEFINITIVE REMASTERED EDITION Official Trailer | Directed by Takashi Miike

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