Ichi The Killer

The Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque, at GoMA, presents retrospective and thematic film programs and exhibitions, exploring the important lines of influence between the moving image and other areas of visual culture, and showcasing the work of influential filmmakers and artists. Its mission is to collect, conserve, present and interpret film and screen culture.

So watch out for the screening of Koroshiya Ichi (Ichi the Killer) 2001 on February 8,2012 at 8:30 pm at Cinema A.  Ochi the killer is based on the manga series Koroshiya Ichi (1998-2001) by Hideo Yamamoto which has English subtitles. Tadanobu Asano, Nao Ohmori and Shin’ya Tsukamoto play the lead roles in this movie.

The director  Maverick auteur Takashi Miike spins this unsettling, blood-soaked yakuza yarn adapted from Hideo Yamamoto's cult manga Koroshiya 1. When gangster don Anjo disappeared mysteriously, his protégé Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano) vows to find the people responsible. Kakihara is no ordinary mob. He impales one poor suspect’ snaked body on a series of meat hooks and then dumps hot oil on him.  A shadowy character known as Jijii (played by director Shinya Tsukamoto) deftly manipulates, for his own nefarious ends, Ichi (Nao Omori), an unbalanced but ruthless killing machine clad in a superhero suit. Pining for the sadistic abuse of his boss, Kakihara learns of Ichi from a Hong Kong hostess (Alien Sun) and sets out to find this fabled butcher, hoping he can inflict the pain that Kakihara craves.

Ichi The Killer is hyper-violent nonconformist classic of the genre.

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