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Ichi the Killer (Manga)
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Ichi the Killer (Koroshiya 1) is a notably gory 10 volume manga by Hideo Yamamoto, based on his 1993 one-shot manga Ichi. The manga was serialized in Weekly Young Sunday from 1998 to 2001.The story is set in the city of Shinjuku, specifically the red-light district Kabuki-cho, where Yakuza rule the streets. A band of hoodlums lead by an enigmatic old man referred to only as Jijii ("Old guy") hopes to challenge that by starting with Anjou, the leader of a powerful clan of Yakuza known collectively as the Anjougumi. The culprit, according to Jijii when he and his group arrive to clean up the mess, is the titular Ichi. The rest of his group are very off-put by the gore, wondering what kind of monster Ichi must be. They clean up the room and empty the safe which contained approximately 300,000,000 yen.The next day, the members of the Anjougumi are distraught to find their leader missing. Notably, Masao Kakihara, a high-ranking member of the group and a noted extreme masochist (his several facial scars, the extensions of his mouth, and numerous piercings attest to this) dismisses all notions of Anjou having run off with the money or of him having been killed, vowing instead to find his captors and punish them severely.Then we meet Ichi, 22 years old and an extremely meek Manchild, who is pushed around by almost everyone he meets. His only response to the torment is to apologize and smile nervously, which usually ends up just angering his bullies even more. However, with subtle manipulation and the use of Ichi's troubled past, Jijii is able to temporarily transform the unassuming boy into a monstrous killer, known for crying profusely during his murders.The story unfolds with Kakihara ruthlessly tracking down Anjou's killers (which ends up hospitalizing a member of a fellow Yakuza gang, getting Kakihara ejected from the group) and later on, focusing mainly on Ichi himself. After encountering the hitman's handiwork time and time again, Kakihara comes to realize that Ichi might be capable of giving him the ultimate pain that he has so desired to find.This series was later adapted into a film by Takashi Miike, which spawned a sequel in the form of another movie and a prequel in the form of an anime. | |
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Rape as Drama | |
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Rape as Drama: Happens with any woman Jiro and Saburo encounter. | |
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Diegetic Soundtrack Usage | |
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Diegetic Soundtrack Usage: Kakihara's ring tone sounds like the movie's track "Space on Space". | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_1c5002bc | type |
The Stoic | |
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The Stoic: Jijii is rather expressionless in the movie. Kakihara is also less lively than his more unhinged and emotive manga counterpart, with the idea of making him a bored and desensitized sadomasochist in dire need of feeling stronger pains. | |
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Bandit Clan | |
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Bandit Clan: The main antagonist is the leader of a bandit clan who descend down from the nearby caverns to bully around the villagers who run the local Inn. | |
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Diagonal Cut | |
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Diagonal Cut: Ichi's standard method of killing. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: Jiro and Saburo, the twin brothers who ran with Kakihara in their old gang. They resort to incredibly brutal violence at the drop of a hat, and think nothing of it. Ichi when in his killing trance. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_3ae6199a | type |
Psychopathic Manchild | |
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Psychopathic Manchild: In all seriousness, all of the main killers are in some way mentally stunted and immature while being wildly violent. Ichi is just the most blatant version since he ties his physical prowess to his boyhood trauma and is otherwise submissive, but Jiro, Saburo, and Kakihara aren't shining examples of maturity either. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_3d699462 | type |
Curb-Stomp Battle | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle: Jijii vs. Takayama and Ichi vs. Kakihara. | |
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Cowboy Cop | |
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Cowboy Cop: Jijii, a former policeman who has a vendetta against the yakuza. He used to be Ichi's probation officer. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_407d3e6d | type |
Morton's Fork | |
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Morton's Fork: Those poor prostitutes who had to deal with Jiro and Saburo. When Saburo asks one of them who she preferred in bed, she picked Jiro; Saburo responds by yanking her hair out and burning it on a grill. Naturally, the other prostitute picks Saburo when asked again... which causes Jiro to flip out and yank her hair out too. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Fujiwara, the most incompetent member of Kakihara's gang, who gets punishments like ass-raping dead rivals' corpses. Fujiwara is also the only one to abandon the gang, leaving only Kakihara, Saburo and Kaneko behind. This also saves his life. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_48c99e19 | type |
Death by Adaptation | |
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Death by Adaptation: The final scene shows Jijii's hanged corpse from a tree, in the manga, he's alive and training Takeshi to be his next killing machine. Similarly, Takeshi gets beheaded by Ichi in the film, but is Jijii's current killing machine project in the epilogue of the manga; however, the final scene does have someone that looks like an older Takeshi appear, and considering Kakihara hallucinated Ichi's attack on him, it's possible that nothing actually happened to Takeshi. | |
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Gory Discretion Shot | |
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Gory Discretion Shot: In lieu of seeing Ichi behead Takeshi, we are treated to a hyper-explicit shot of Kakihara using skewers to perforate his own eardrums and pierce his cochnea. Possibly enforced due to the Double Standard of violence against children, or because Kakihara is just imagining that Ichi did it before committing suicide. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_4e3d253b | type |
Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: After all the build-up of meeting Ichi and finally receiving the final and greatest pain of his life, Kakihara is utterly disappointed by Ichi collapsing in tears while being kicked by a vindictive Takeshi and ends up throwing himself to his death. Even Jiji is shown hanging himself despite having successfully destroyed Kakihara and his empire. | |
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Clark Kent Outfit | |
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Clark Kent Outfit: Jiji, the little old chessmaster, wears baggy clothing throughout the film. At the very end, he strips to his underwear to reveal a ridiculously muscled body. | |
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Disproportionate Retribution | |
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Disproportionate Retribution: Ichi gets a beating and kicking for the crime of driving past Kakihara with his bicycle. Kaneko feels sorry for him afterwards. | |
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Bookends | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_5313c266 | comment |
Book Ends: The story begins and ends with Ichi wailing as he's about to beat the hell out of his opponent, both gangsters in both instances. | |
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Adaptational Attractiveness | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_557838d1 | comment |
Adaptational Attractiveness: Movie!Kakihara is much more handsome and charming than his manga self. Word of God is that this was so he could be more appealing to the audience and steal the show. | |
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Breast Attack | |
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Breast Attack: Several, played for squick. One woman gets her nipples sliced off, and a prostitute is punched in the breast hard enough to crush it. | |
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Disney Villain Death | |
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Disney Villain Death: Kakihara's final fate, caused by a bird coming along and crapping on his hand. No, seriously. | |
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Twin Telepathy | |
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Twin Telepathy: Ichi's presence is announced by Saburo suddenly feeling that Jiro has died. He recognizes the feeling from when his other brother died, and responds with a reaction of "I was hoping to kill him myself sometime." | |
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Gayngster | |
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Gayngster: Kakihara appears to be this for Boss Anjo, but he explains that he's rather just In Love with Your Carnage (the punishments Anjo gave him). | |
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Pragmatic Adaptation | |
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Pragmatic Adaptation: Some subplots had to be cut out of the movie. | |
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Too Kinky to Torture | |
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Too Kinky to Torture: Kakihara is so numb to pain that even in his final moments, when that's no longer the case, he enjoys the sensation. | |
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Serious Business | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_6b35bdff | comment |
Serious Business: "Put some feeling into it. Giving pain is a serious business." | |
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Berserker Tears | |
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Berserker Tears: Most of the time when Ichi is in his killing trance, he's bawling like a baby since the trance is tied into his memories of being bullied as a kid. | |
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Driven to Suicide | |
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Driven to Suicide: Kakihara ultimately jumps to his death, but he hallucinated that Ichi had impaled his skull and kicked him off the building instead. | |
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Here We Go Again! | |
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Here We Go Again!: The final panel of the manga implies that despite the progress he's made, Ichi's violent rages are about to return with a vengeance. | |
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Covers Always Lie | |
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Covers Always Lie: Some covers (including the live-action film one) make it look like Kakihara is the eponymous Ichi. | |
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Impaled Palm | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_773b0523 | comment |
Impaled Palm: Kakihara uses his needles for this a few times, including to Jiro and Saburo at the same time through their clasped hands to show his anger at them for killing someone he wanted kept alive. | |
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Gainax Ending | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_82accf22 | comment |
Gainax Ending: Ichi is last seen in tears being kicked by Takeshi, then he's out of the picture, and in the ending we see what appears to be a grown-up Takeshi. If it is, it makes one wonder what kind of person he has become after the traumatic stuff he witnessed as a child. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_85c5db50 | type |
In Love with Your Carnage | |
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In Love with Your Carnage: Kakihara was this way for his boss, and then gets this way with Ichi. His enthusiasm implodes when he realizes that the mysterious monster Ichi is actually the whimpering loser who got his ass kicked by Kakihara once. | |
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Broken Pedestal | |
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Broken Pedestal: Ichi forms an Intergenerational Friendship with Takeshi after defending him from some bullies, but when Ichi murders his father Kaneko during the climax, Takeshi understandably turns the affection into pure hatred. | |
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Bilingual Dialogue | |
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Bilingual Dialogue: In the film, Karen's dialogue switches between Japanese, Cantonese, and English. | |
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Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil | |
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Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: The above-mentioned brothers. They even boast about having raped hundreds. | |
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Anachronic Order | |
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Anachronic Order: The first scene takes place roughly halfway through the film. | |
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Torture Porn | |
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Torture Porn | |
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Gambit Roulette | |
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Gambit Roulette: Jijii's ability to manipulate people borders on omniscience. | |
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Barbie Doll Anatomy | |
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Barbie Doll Anatomy: Almost completely averted; genitals are frequently depicted but never in full detail. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_a036d3df | type |
Sarcastic Confession | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_a036d3df | comment |
Sarcastic Confession: In the epilogue, Jijii reveals he's been talking to a teleworker company, giving off all the details of his business in Kabuki-cho like it was nobody's business. The workers chalk it up to him being an imaginative old man and think he's just making it all up. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_a7382a73 | type |
Imagine Spot | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_a7382a73 | comment |
Imagine Spot: The scene of Kakihara's death is revealed to be wishful thinking on the part of Kakihara as he throws himself off the roof when Ichi is unable to fight him. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_a823fa03 | type |
The Un-Smile | |
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The Unsmile: Ichi tends to do this when he's trying to look harmless. The expression is rather goofy-looking. When Jijii smiles, his lips don't open right. Combined with his big wide eyes, the effect is more like a chimp baring its teeth and makes him look very creepy and inhuman. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_aa245ded | type |
Mob War | |
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Mob War | |
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Scars are Forever | |
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Scars are Forever: Kakihara's face and piercings. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_b1e8a3b3 | type |
Coming of Age Story | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_b1e8a3b3 | comment |
Coming of Age Story: A very belated one for Ichi. He has very little understanding of the concept of rape, is very unassertive, and has to be faced with multiple "truths" about himself to grow. By the end of the story, he's at least matured enough to start his own life in Shinjuku and has become a more sociable and healthier man, but he had to get away from all the killing to do so. | |
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Orgasmic Combat | |
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Orgasmic Combat: Ichi, who literally gets a hard-on from beating people. Kakihara as well, being equal parts sadist and masochist. | |
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Yakuza | |
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Yakuza: Kakihara and all his associates. Jijii's gang are thugs who've been excommunicated from yakuza clans. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_c007c53 | type |
Cool and Unusual Punishment | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_c007c53 | comment |
Cool and Unusual Punishment: Kakihara likes to dole these out to his mooks, in the form of body piercings in...sensitive areas. He's also fond of sticking needles through people's palms. Kakihara inflicts one on himself by cutting off the end of his tongue, removing his ability to taste sweetness. | |
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Neck Snap | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_c2fc1ae | comment |
Neck Snap: Done to Takayama by Jijii and to Jiro by Ichi. | |
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Professional Killer | |
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Professional Killer: Kaneko, a low-level hitman. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_c660bc15 | type |
Fan Disservice | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_c660bc15 | comment |
Fan Disservice: It's pretty much a guarantee that if someone's naked, be it male or female, they're either doing something really twisted or having something horrific done to them. Case in point: the one time nipples are shown on camera in the film, it's when they're getting cut off. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_c8ba12ee | type |
Interplay of Sex and Violence | |
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Interplay of Sex and Violence: Ichi cuts his palm with a knife and masturbates to the sight of his favorite prostitute being beaten and raped by her husband. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_c93a6560 | type |
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice | |
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Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Kakihara uses his supply of needles to turn one of Jijii's henchmen into a human pincushion. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_ca04edd6 | type |
Charles Atlas Superpower | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_ca04edd6 | comment |
Charles Atlas Superpower: More evident in the manga: Ichi doesn't have a lot of upper body strength, but his kills are so effective because his legs are really strong (since Prisons Are Gymnasiums), so much so that, after a miserable showing with a punching game in an arcade, he returns to the arcade after hours and destroys the machine with one kick. Jiro is strong enough to be able to dismember people with his bare hands. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_d87ba943 | type |
Combat Sadomasochist | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_d87ba943 | comment |
Combat Sadomasochist: Kakihara may be the definitive example. Injuries exhilarate him. Subverted at the end. Kakihara gets really messed up during his fight with Ichi, to the point where he can no longer ignore his body's danger signals and begins experiencing pain like a normal person does. | |
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High-Pressure Blood | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_dc0d80ee | comment |
High-Pressure Blood: Sometimes justified, sometimes not so much. | |
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Absurdly Sharp Blade | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_e0c00a95 | comment |
Absurdly Sharp Blade: Ichi's boot razors, which he made himself in the welding factory where he works. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_e2f13529 | type |
World of Jerkass | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_e2f13529 | comment |
World of Jerkass: Every character of note in the movie, except Takeshi and possibly the pair of Disposable Sex Workers tortured and raped, is a Jerkass, a Sociopath, a Smug Snake, or several of those at once. Kaneko appears to be another major exception, as the Token Good Teammate with a sympathetic backstory, until midway through the movie, when he snaps and beats a tortured prostitute to death because he feels disrespected by Kakihara and pretty much everyone. | |
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Gorn | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_e542d889 | comment |
Gorn: A shining example of this trope, particularly in Takashi Miike's hands. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_e9ae8248 | type |
Prisons Are Gymnasiums | |
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Ichi doesn't have a lot of upper body strength, but his kills are so effective because his legs are really strong (since Prisons Are Gymnasiums), so much so that, after a miserable showing with a punching game in an arcade, he returns to the arcade after hours and destroys the machine with one kick. | |
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| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_eaf5a1ac | type |
Groin Attack | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
Groin Attack: Several; also, see Cool and Unusual Punishment above. Kakihara loves genital torture; he even shows pictures of all the ways to split a penis to the victim, before doing these things to him. Jiro and Saburo are more straightforward; one punches a man in the groin hard enough to crush his genitals, then the other stabs him in the groin, which actually kills him. | |
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Disposable Sex Worker | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_ecbf37ff | comment |
Disposable Sex Worker: Two of them. One is befriended by Ichi who later kills her along with her pimp. The second is raped and tortured to death by Jiro and Saburo during the search for Ichi. | |
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Creepy Twins | |
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Creepy Twins: Jiro and Saburo. Everything about them is slightly off-putting. | |
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Sitting on the Roof | |
| Ichi the Killer (Manga) / int_f8a4527f | comment |
Sitting on the Roof: We see Ichi and later Jijii sitting on the rooftop. | |
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Dark and Troubled Past | |
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Dark and Troubled Past: Ichi was cruelly bullied as a child; Jijii knows this and uses it to psychologically manipulate Ichi. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
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Karen has a literal Pet the Dog moment, when she gets furious at the Vietnamese drug dealer for kicking a dog. | |
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