1-Ichi (2003) (V)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Masato Tanno

Writers:

Sakichi Satô (writer)
Hideo Yamamoto (comic)

Release Date:

2003 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Fight | Beating | Anger | Prequel | Bullying

Cast

Nao Omori	...	Ichi / Satoichi
Teah	...	Mr. Dai
Kôji Chihara	...	Onizame
Chisato Amate	...	Satomi
Yuki Oikawa	...	Nao
Eiki Kitamura	...	Hiromi
Kazuhiro Mashiko	...	Hide

Runtime:

Japan:83 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Japan

Movie Connections:

References Koroshiya 1 (2001)

Ichi Is The #1 Killer

Ichi-1 is the prequel to Ichi The Killer. It's not the best movie in the world, but it's a lot better than I thought it would be. It's about Ichi in high school. He gets bullied and that's when he starts to go nuts. It's got some great fight scenes too. It's also of course got a few nasty scenes. The baseball scene was pretty disturbing. The main problem I had with this movie though was the fact that there were no teachers at the school. I can't believe not one teacher stopped any fights at school all those kids had. I didn't see one teacher at all at the school period. I guess all the kids scared them off or something. Ichi-1 is a low budget movie, but much better than most low budget movie I've seen. It's also got a bit of comedy in the movie too. The movie is all in Japanese though, so unless you can speak Japanese you'll have to read the English subtitles. It's worth checking out if you liked Ichi The Killer, but it might disappoint some people. I recommend renting it first.

I give Ichi-1 a 7/10