Later, Ichi returns to the pimp's balcony to again watch him brutalize Sailor, a prostitute whom Ichi is a regular patron of. He reveals that although he helped clean up the murder scene, it was Ichi who killed Anjo, and that Kakihara has now been targeted. Kakihara and other gang members capture Kano, a drug-addled member of the cleaning crew. Kakihara captures Suzuki and tortures him, but when Suzuki turns out to be innocent, Kakihara slices off the end of his own tongue and offers it to Suzuki's boss as penance. Jijii feeds Kakihara rumors that Suzuki, a member of the rival Funaki clan, has kidnapped Anjo. He tells Anjo's girlfriend, an English-speaking Chinese prostitute named Karen, that Anjo must still be alive, perhaps kidnapped by a rival gang. Kakihara visits an underworld night club with other gang members. Later, Kakihara, Anjo's sadomasochistic high-ranking enforcer, and other crime lords visit the spotless apartment, concluding that Anjo fled town with the prostitute and ¥3 million of the gang's money. A cleaning crew run by Jijii removes all traces of Anjo's blood and entrails, and credits Ichi for the slaughter. When the pimp discovers him, he flees.Ī sadistic yakuza boss named Anjo has been massacred. Ichi is on a balcony, masturbating while spying on a pimp raping and assaulting a prostitute. The film has garnered controversy due to its graphic depictions of violence and cruelty, and has been banned in several countries. Omori portrays the title character, a psychologically damaged man who is manipulated into assaulting or killing rival faction members of feuding yakuza gangs while being pursued by a sadomasochistic enforcer (Asano). Ichi the Killer ( Japanese: 殺し屋1, romanized: Koroshiya Ichi, lit.'Hitman One') is a 2001 Japanese comedy horror action- crime film directed by Takashi Miike, written by Sakichi Sato, based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga series of the same name, and starring Tadanobu Asano and Nao Omori.
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