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Ichi the Killer [Blu-ray]

Ichi the Killer [Blu-ray]
by Takashi Miike

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Actor: Nao Omori, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Takashi Miike
Brand: Media Blasters
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Cantonese (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dubbed, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2010-02-23
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Tokyo Shock

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Blu-ray Review: Ichi the Killer - A Killer of a Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars

After reading most of the reviews posted here on Amazon, I just had to post my own.

I cannot believe how many people just don't "get" what this movie is about! This movie is not about the Yakuza in Japanese society, an exercise in pointless violence to sell tickets or dvds, or any other such nonsense. The director just uses these as backdrops for his own purposes. Takashi Miike is playing and having a hell of a lot of fun. This movie invites the viewer to go along for the ride. It's totally over the top and that's where it belongs. Is the latest thrill-ride roller coaster from theme-park hell a "statement"? Of course not. It's just a thrill-ride. Every character is a joke and every scene in the movie is just one hilarious joke after another. Granted, it's very black humor but that doesn't make it any less hilarious. Why can't people just accept that and laugh along with him?

If you want to see (good) bleak Yakuza movies with social themes, check out any of the titles in his earlier Black Society Trilogy (aka Black Triad Trilogy): Shinjuku Triad Society, Rainy Dog, and Ley Lines. These are gripping statements of alienation, corruption and emotional disintegration in Japanese society.

Too many people want to limit this director. It must really annoy him that his audience wants the same kind of movie every time he makes one. He's not interested in making the film Audition (or fill in the blank with another title) another fifty times. I for one don't want him to either.

Folks, it's just a wonderful joke. Laugh!

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