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  New Official Ichi the Killer Web site: A Takashi Miike film. Downloads, gallery, competition, purchase special edition ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
The gang’s main target is the mysterious Ichi, a blade-heeled sadistic killer whose everyday alter ego is a mild-mannered young man with serious school bully issues.
Ichi's method of execution is somewhat unusual- he has become a martial arts expert, and he has blades that spring out from the heels of his shoes.
In fact Ichi is probably the Citizen Kane of arterial spray movies, or at least the Casablanca.
www.ichi-the-killer.com /index.php?art_id=5   (883 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Zatoichi:Return of Masseur Ichi: Video: Tokuzo Tanaka,Shintarô Katsu,Mikiko Tsubouchi,Chitose Maki,Mieko ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Ichi and Yayoi realize they are in love, but Ichi's request for her hand meets with Banno's derision.
Ichi is also drawn into Banno's plot to kidnap the son of a wealthy man, ostensibly to aid the Mito Goblins, a gang of thieves on the run; but Banno wants to keep the ransom.
Ichi's reluctance to enter battle is matched only by his fierce, fatal attack: a fight with Ichi rarely lasts more than a single searing stroke.
www.amazon.com /Zatoichi-Return-Masseur-Tokuzo-Tanaka/dp/6303287697   (1952 words)

  
 Ichi the Killer
His suspicions centre on the mysterious Ichi, the rubber-suited killer who is responsible for the enthusiastic slaughter of an increasing number of yakuza.
Not for Ichi the silent stiletto in the ribs on a crowded street: this boy lays about with frenzied abandon, splashing floor, walls, ceiling, and fish tanks with bits of yakuza.
The excitement with which Kakihara anticipates meeting Ichi is touching, almost naive, which is odd considering the man's looking forward to being sliced and diced.
www.heroic-cinema.com /reviews/ichii   (864 words)

  
 Ichi the Killer
Ichi continues to carve a trail of blood and intestines as he goes around taking out more and more Yakuza operations, despite the fact he hates killing and bursts out crying after each job.
The name "Ichi" means "One", which is why Ichi has a number 1 on the front of his costume.
Although made after Ichi the Killer, it is in fact a prequel showing how Ichi, played once more by Nao Omori, became Ichi the Killer.
www.angelfire.com /darkside/realmofhorror/ichithekiller.htm   (612 words)

  
 Monsters At Play: Ichi The Killer Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Ichi, which has been garnering mostly rave (as well as the occasional not so rave) reviews on the festival circuit, finally hits the digital format in the form of a budget priced import DVD.
Ichi is decked out in a snappy leather outfight (almost super hero like) that comes complete with razor sharp blades on the legs and wrists.
Ichi needs only one swift swing of his leg to slice off a head or an arm or in one instance slice a man clear in half from head to toe.
www.monstersatplay.com /ichi.shtml   (888 words)

  
 Ichi the Killer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ichi the Killer (2001) (also Koroshiya Ichi or 殺し屋1) is a highly controversial film directed by Takashi Miike and adapted from a manga by Hideo Yamamoto.
Ichi outfits himself in a rubber suit with shoes that have razors concealed in the heels, and after spying on a pimp brutalizing a prostitute kills first the pimp, then the girl.
Jijii has so manipulated Ichi as to confuse sexual arousal with homicidal lust in him, and accomplished this by creating a false memory in him of witnessing a rape in high school -- which he felt ashamed for wanting to participate in rather than stop.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ichi_the_Killer   (994 words)

  
 Ichi the Killer DVD (Unrated)
Ichi The Killer is one of those movies that practices deep spiritual and mental awareness underneath its masochist liner.
Ichi bares resemblance to myself, often focusing his eyes towards the ground when he walks afraid to face the constant nagging of others.
It becomes apparent that Ichi cannot bring him the pleasure he is seeking and thus decides that possibly the only pleasure anyone could ever bring him was indeed himself.
horrortalk.com /reviews/Ichi/IchiTheKiller.htm   (3054 words)

  
 [KFCC] Ichi the Killer Review
What saves Ichi from being just another violent exploitation film are the moments inbetween the acts of violence (and sometimes during) and the context and deeper meaning they hold.
Ichi is in deep denial of what he really is. He is a true and pure sadist and his body is sexually aroused by what he does, but he can't understand why because he loathes killing.
When Ichi cuts the woman beater in half, the scene of his guts falling out is gone, but you can still hear the sound effects of it.
www.kfccinema.com /reviews/horror/ichi/ichi.html   (2537 words)

  
 About Ten Shin Ichi Ryu
Ten Shin Ichi Ryu combines Doshu's personal discoveries, and an emphasis of natural motion, with a variety of techniques he has devoted his life to studying -- all focusing on life protection and mental strength.
While there are many good techniques in martial arts, Ten Shin Ichi Ryu focuses on the mental aspects often neglected in martial arts study along with energy flow, natural human reactions and non-aggressive techniques.
Each year Ten Shin Ichi Ryu appears at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC and hosts an annual seminar in Maryland.
www.tenshinichiryu.com /founder.htm   (1238 words)

  
 Ichi-1
Everywhere Ichi goes he is considered a weakling and is bullied, taunted and made fun of.
However, on a fateful summer's day, Ichi is pushed too far by a group of his fellow students.
Word of Ichi's slaughter of his tormentors soon spreads throughout the school and the stage is set.
home.comcast.net /~jjscharf/movies/details/6714.html   (257 words)

  
 ICHI SEIKI PTE LTD - About Us
ICHI SEIKI PTE LTD was established since 1988 to focus on the sales and servicing of Machine Tools.
ICHI SEIKI SDN BHD, an associate company located in Johor Bahru, was incorporated in September 1993.
ICHI SEIKI (THAILAND) LTD, is a service centre in Bangkok.
www.ichiseiki.com /html/aboutus1.htm   (327 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Ichi the Killer (Unrated Edition): DVD: Takashi Miike,Tadanobu Asano,Nao Omori,Shinya Tsukamoto,Paulyn ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Mentally unstable and boyish to the extreme, Ichi is a deranged assassin who wears a superhero costume with a bold Number 1 ("Ichi" means "Number 1" in Japanese) emblazoned on the back.
Ichi is an almost-controllable tool of Jijii, who plays the gangs against each other for a mysterious motive.
Ichi is interesting and has a strangely boyish face for one who is so unbalanced and capable of massive human destruction.
www.amazon.com /Ichi-Killer-Unrated-Takashi-Miike/dp/B0000CABGW   (2541 words)

  
 fantasia | films + schedule | Ichi The Killer
Psychotic, neurotic, prone to erections at the sight of violence, harbouring a fondness for brutalized women and given to killing his foes by cutting them into tiny pieces, Ichi is the product of a youth spent cowering before the bullying of his classmates.
At the command of a manipulative mesmerist, he now seeks to cleanse the city of intimidating thugs (which, of course, means geysers of blood and mountains of hacked-up body parts).
On Ichi’s tail is Anjo’s right-hand man, Kakihara, a sado-masochistic crook with a taste for scarification, painful mutilation and traumatizing torture who’s suddenly excited at the idea of being cut to ribbons by the masked vigilante.
www.fantasiafest.com /2003/en/films/film_detail.php?lang=en&id=1198   (521 words)

  
 Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd. - Current Exhibit
Dai Ichi Arts has renovated its space in tones of gray and burgundy to provide a serene and elegant backdrop for exciting, innovative sculptural forms.
In successive exhibitions throughout the spring and summer of 2004, Dai Ichi Arts will introduce to an American audience a number of prominent Japanese ceramic sculptors who have stellar reputations in Japan, but are little known here.
Also new to Dai Ichi is Tsubusu Katoh a prominent and promising sculptor who claws porcelain into dramatic forms evocative of wind and waves.
www.daiichiarts.com /current06032004.asp   (669 words)

  
 Gamasutra - Interview - "Nippon Ichi's Jack Niida on NIS' Journey to the West"
Nippon Ichi is a bit of an odd company in the contemporary game world, as they release very niche titles exclusively, and actually manage to succeed.
Their bread and butter is the 2D strategy RPG genre, something the industry as a whole has started to shy away from, in favor of mainstream acceptance.
Niida: We will obviously continue to serve the niche market, bringing in Nippon Ichi titles, as well as titles from other companies, for instance, we recently acquired The Generation of Chaos from Idea Factory to be released on the PSP next spring.
www.gamasutra.com /features/20050802/sheffield_01.shtml   (1526 words)

  
 ImageBeat - iChi
iChi is a "Plasma Poster," a large public touchscreen display, supporting informal communication within and between communities at the Canvas Gallery Cafe at 9th and Lincoln in San Francisco.
Unlike previous Plasma Posters, iChi is deployed outside of a corporation in a very public place that serves many diverse communities.
He also shot numerous photographs at the Canvas Gallery, many of which were used as iChi's content postings and to texture the backgrounds of the JSPs.
imagebeat.com /index.php?id=14   (411 words)

  
 Aji Ichi Sapporo Ramen - More than Just a House of Noodles
When the plate arrived, I was almost sorry we'd ordered appetizers, since it was a large meal, complete with corn, miso soup, sauteed bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, a big bowl of rice, and a pile of marvelously aromatic pork cooked with onions and ginger.
Aji Ichi has a large selection of ramen noodle dishes, including a delicious Chashu Ramen (I can personally vouch for as having some of the largest portions of tender pork), as well as fried noodles and fried rice.
Aji Ichi is open daily, serving lunch from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, and dinner from 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm.
guamdiner.com /reviews/review.php?review=93   (612 words)

  
 Anime News Network - Ichi The Killer: Episode 0 (OAV)
Plot Summary: A masochistic mobster meets his match in the dark streets of Tokyo.
His nemesis, Ichi, is a psychopathic killer with an unrelenting thirst for bloodshed.
A horrifying secret burns in his mind, and his hands deal death without mercy.
www.animenewsnetwork.com /encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4198   (187 words)

  
 The Fugitive (1963)
The adventures of Ichi, the blind swordsman continues with a story heavy on drama until the end which pays off with a spectacularly ferocious showdown between Ichi and an entire clan of yakuza thugs.
Ichi pays respects to the dead man's mother and begins to seek out the man responsible for the bounty which turns out to be a local yakuza boss and banker named Yagiri Tokyuro.
Ichi's main companion becomes Nobu, a spunky innkeeper's daughter who loves Sakichi, the hesitant heir to the Shimonida clan.
www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/zatoichi04.htm   (584 words)

  
 Ichi the Killer (JAPAN 2001)
Those are the main faults of Ichi The Killer, which are actually hard to notice, because the film is still fun, in a familiarly grotesque way.
However, the film's biggest flaw (even in its uncut version) is that the past of the characters is never explored effectively, so what we witness seems like mere exploitation, or violence for violence's sake.
It's not that difficult to understand the motivations of Kakihara (an addict of SandM), or Ichi (a manipulated, weak young boy, led to sadism by his problems).
www.lovehkfilm.com /panasia/ichi_the_killer.htm   (910 words)

  
 Deep Inside // The Shinpo Ichi Fanlisting
to the TAFL-approved fanlisting for Shinpo Ichi of the manga Pafechikku!
Ichi is a very smart and handsome guy, although he is quite lacking in social skills.
He might seem to be a cold, reserved, and grumpy guy, but deep inside (hence, the title of the fanlisting xD), he is actually gentle and sensitive, although he has his own ways of showing it.
ryuusei.org /ichi   (328 words)

  
 Ichi The Killer | Anime.com Anime Shrines
Underpinned with glorious blood-splattered battles and sadistic sexual debauchery, this animated prequel to the infamous underground live-action thriller "Ichi The Killer" is much more shocking and violent.
Fans will delight in the fact that Takashi Miike, the director of the live action "Ichi The Killer", provides the voice for the pivotal character of Kakihara.
Warning: Ichi The Killer: Episode Zero is suggested for viewers 16 and older.
www.anime.com /Ichi_the_Killer   (149 words)

  
 Snowblood Apple Forums - Ichi prequel
Its the story of Ichi before he became an assassin, its based on the manga (the original story).
It tells of Ichi's high school days, before he was a fighter, and explains where he got the name "Ichi".
The trailer of the prequel of Ichi is on: http://www.unearthedfilms.com/
www.mandiapple.com /forum/printthread.php?t=273   (1276 words)

  
 VN Boards - utsesime: ichi
Utsusemi: Ni supposedly has 1.5 seconds casting time, Utsusemi: Ichi always takes 4 seconds to cast however, no matter what level your Ninjitsu skill level is. The Ni versions all cast faster, I believe.
I'm a 62 ninja and yes utsusemi ichi is slower than utsusemi ni.
If it doesn't i move around so it cancels the cast and I usually always have a smn in the pt at 62 to have stoneskin.
vnboards.ign.com /Message.aspx?topic=71546700   (530 words)

  
 Ichi the Killer film review | Movie Forum
Through a club hostess, Kakihara learns of the existence of the near-mythic "Ichi", an evasive killing machine clad in fl armour with a berserker temperament as fatal as his martial arts prowess and twin razors.
Ichi is no noble Dark Knight -- he kills not for justice, but for the psycho-sexual kick he gets from the act of vengeance, in his underdeveloped mind, payback to the childhood "bullies" who forged his cowardly, boy-man exterior.
Given his targets by an elderly former gangster (who cleverly uses the boy as an unwilling personal hit man), Ichi butchers without discrimination or restraint, like Frankenstein's monster, even his most sincere attempts at tender gestures result in snapped limps and severed heads.
movieforum.com /features/festivals/tiff01/reviews/ichithekiller.shtml   (797 words)

  
 Dai Ichi Koi Pond Construction & Landscaping
Dai Ichi, depending on the set up, guarantees optimum filter operation for six months.
Dai Ichi defines clear water as follows: Drop a quarter in your pond.
Because Dai Ichi must be able to respond to calls from its Pond Maintenance clientele, it limits maintenance to its service area.
www.dai-ichikoipondbuilder.com /maintenance.htm   (301 words)

  
 Ichi The Killer / Koroshiya 1
Unfortunately, due to Ichi's instability, he has developed a totally twisted attitude and gets off on rape and sadism, even though it upsets him greatly.
The problem is that when Ichi gets horny, he also gets distressed… and people who make Ichi cry tend not to live very long.
However, kudos to Ichi as well, trussed up in his completely ridiculous superhero outfit.
www.mandiapple.com /snowblood/ichithekiller.htm   (657 words)

  
 Nippon Ichi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. was founded in 1994 in Gifu, Japan, as an entertainment software company.
NIS America was the result of the company's wish to focus on internal publication of their works in the US, given the increased popularity of their titles.
Many characters from previous titles make their way into later games as secret characters, even though their respective titles may not be directly connected.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nippon_Ichi   (743 words)

  
 WHO | International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI)
The envisaged International Classification of Health Interventions aims to cover a wide range of measures taken for curative and preventive purposes by medical, surgical and other health-related care services.
The proposed ICHI is currently in its Beta version.
In accordance with WHO practice, it is entering extensive field trials for possible adaptation and eventual validation, before it is submitted to the WHO Governing Bodies for endorsement.
www.who.int /classifications/ichi/en   (232 words)

  
 New Official Ichi the Killer Web site: A Takashi Miike film. Downloads, gallery, competition, purchase special edition ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Born in 1972, Nao Omori is the son of dance and actor Akashi Maro.
He went on to play supporting roles in acclaimed films like Masahiro Shinoda’s ‘Moonlight Serenade’, Jun Ichikawa’s ‘Zawazawa Ahimokitazawa’ and Makoto Shinozaki’s ‘Not Forgotten’, before landing his first starring roll in ‘Ichi The Killer’.
Ichi The Killer — Directed By Takashi Miike (2001)
www.ichi-the-killer.com /index.php?art_id=2&bio_id=13   (124 words)

  
 Ichi the Killer (2002)
ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but its only for viewers with strong stomachs.
One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano), a masochistic yakuza lieutenant, has slits in his cheeks through which he blows cigarette smoke and gleefully hacks off his own tongue to apologize for his impudence.
Manipulated by the cagey and mysterious Jijii (English translation: "Gramps," Shinya Tsukamoto), Ichi lashes out and massacres those Jijii deems bullies, and basically anyone else who upsets his frail psyche.
movies.go.com /movies/movie?name=ichithekiller_2003   (366 words)

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