Ichi The Killer - 2001 - 6/10
AKA - Koroshiya 1 / /殺し屋1

Early Miike movie that broke him to a larger audience.
Fanboys already knew him from Fudoh, and earlier titles, the arthouse crowd from Audition.
Wildly inventive yakuza story boasts lakes of splatter, sick humor, and memorable villains.
The “plot” is much too convoluted (perhaps they were unable to condense the manga).
As with so many Miike flicks, the opening act is ballistic, chased with an overlong idle stretch.
If curious, if you have a stomach for brutality and gore, the Japanese cut is the way to go.