1-Ichi (1-イチ-) 21 years old

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

1-Ichi

We follow Ichi during his high school years. Mr. Dai is the best fighter in school... whenever he fights Ichi is there and has a huge smile on his face. Mr. Dai thinks that Ichi is laughing at him but in fact he enjoys watching the violence that goes through the fights. Everyone is bullying, taunting and making fun of Ichi... even little kids from his karate class. Yet Ichi refuses to let go of his anger and fight others. Just when Mr. Dai is about to get Ichi, a new transfer student starts to make his own laws... by beating up everyone and breaking their bones! In a fight with the new student, Mr. Dai ends up on the ground, beaten and broken up from almost everywhere. It seems like this new guy wants to fight Ichi because supposedly he is the only one that could give him some challenge.

Credits

1-Ichi Cast

Name Character
Nao Ōmori He was 30, now 52 years old as Ichi
Eiki Kitamura He was 22, now 43 years old as Hiromi
Yuki Oikawa as Nao
Kôji Chihara as Onizame
Chisato Amate She was 22, now 43 years old as Satomi
Kazuhiro Mashiko as Hide
Teah as Dai

1-Ichi Crew

Name Department
Tadanobu Asano as Original Music Composer. He was 29 (now 50) years old Sound
Masato Tanno as Director. Directing
Naosuke Imaizumi as Cinematography. Crew
1-Ichi poster
1-Ichi (21 years)

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

  • Release day: Wednesday, January 01, 2003
  • Runtime: 83 minutes