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* WorldOfJerkass: Every character of note in the movie, except Takeshi and possibly the pair of [[DisposableSexWorker Disposable Sex Workers]] tortured and raped, is a {{Jerkass}}, a [[TheSociopath Sociopath]], a SmugSnake, or several of these at once. Kaneko appears to be another major exception, as the TokenGoodTeammate with a sympathetic backstory, until midway through the movie, when [[spoiler: he snaps and beats a tortured prostitute to death because he feels disrespected by Kakihara and pretty much everyone.]]
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* WorldOfJerkass: Every character of note in the movie, except Takeshi and possibly the pair of [[DisposableSexWorker Disposable Sex Workers]] tortured and raped, is a {{Jerkass}}, a [[TheSociopath Sociopath]], a SmugSnake, or several of these those at once. Kaneko appears to be another major exception, as the TokenGoodTeammate with a sympathetic backstory, until midway through the movie, when [[spoiler: he snaps and beats a tortured prostitute to death because he feels disrespected by Kakihara and pretty much everyone.]]
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* WorldOfJerkass: Every character of note in the movie, except Takeshi and possibly the pair of [[DisposableSexWorker Disposable Sex Workers]] tortured and raped, is a {{Jerkass}}, a [[TheSociopath Sociopath]], a SmugSnake, or several of these at once. Kaneko appears to be another major exception, as the TokenGoodTeammate with a sympathetic backstory, until midway through the movie, when [[spoiler: he snaps and beats a tortured prostitute to death because he feels disrespected by Kakihara and pretty much everyone.]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: In all seriousness, all of the main killers are in some way mentally stunted and immature while being wildly violent. Ichi is jist 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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* PsychopathicManchild: In all seriousness, all of the main killers are in some way mentally stunted and immature while being wildly violent. Ichi is jist 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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* PsychopathicManchild: Ichi.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Ichi.In all seriousness, all of the main killers are in some way mentally stunted and immature while being wildly violent. Ichi is jist 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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* ComingOfAgeStory: 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. [[spoiler: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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* ComingOfAgeStory: 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. [[spoiler: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.. man, but he had to get away from all the killing to do so.]]
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* ComingOfAgeStory: 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. [[spoiler: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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* ComingOfAgeStory: 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. [[spoiler: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...man.. but he had to get away from all the killing to do so.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: 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 [[YouKilledMyFather vindictive Takeshi]] and ends up throwing himself to his death. Even Jiji is shown hanging himself [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty despite having successfully]] destroyed Kakihara and his empire.]].
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: 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 [[YouKilledMyFather vindictive Takeshi]] and ends up throwing himself to his death. Even Jiji is shown hanging himself [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty despite having successfully]] destroyed Kakihara and his empire.]].]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: 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 [[YouKilledMyFather vindictive Takeshi and ends up throwing himself to his death. Even Jiji is shown hanging himself [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty despite having successfully]] destroyed Kakihara and his empire.]].
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: 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 [[YouKilledMyFather vindictive Takeshi Takeshi]] and ends up throwing himself to his death. Even Jiji is shown hanging himself [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty despite having successfully]] destroyed Kakihara and his empire.]].
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* TheStoic: 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 sadomasochist in dire need of feeling stronger pains.
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* TheStoic: 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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* MortonsFork: 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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* MortonsFork: 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.
* BrokenPedestal: Ichi forms an IntergenerationalFriendship with Takeshi after defending him from some bullies, [[spoiler: but when Ichi [[YouKilledMyFather murders his father Kaneko]] during the climax, Takeshi understandably turns the affection into pure hatred]].
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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Kakihara's ring tone in the movie.
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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Kakihara's ring tone in sounds like the movie.movie's track "Space on Space".
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: 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 [[YouKilledMyFather vindictive Takeshi and ends up throwing himself to his death. Even Jiji is shown hanging himself [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty despite having successfully]] destroyed Kakihara and his empire.]].
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Ichi is last seen in tears being kicked by Takeshi, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse 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.]]
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Ichi is last seen in tears being kicked by Takeshi, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse 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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* TheStoic: Jijii is rather expressionless in the movie.
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idea of making him a bored and sadomasochist in dire need of feeling stronger pains.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: One of the most {{Squick}}-tastic examples ever. [[spoiler: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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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: [[spoiler: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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* RagingStiffie: Ichi gets an extreme version. It takes the ADateWithRosiePalms scene above to relieve it.
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''Ichi the Killer'' (''Koroshiya 1'') is a notably gory 10 volume manga by Hideo Yamamoto, based on the 1993 manga ''Ichi''.
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''Ichi the Killer'' (''Koroshiya 1'') is a notably gory 10 volume manga by Hideo Yamamoto, based on the his 1993 one-shot manga ''Ichi''.
''Ichi''. The manga was serialized in ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from 1998 to 2001.
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* CreepyTwins: Jiro and Saburo. Everything about them is slightly off-putting, as if they came from the UncannyValley.
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* CreepyTwins: Jiro and Saburo. Everything about them is slightly off-putting, as if they came from the UncannyValley.off-putting.
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* EnfantTerrible: Takeshi.
* ExoticEquipment: It's implied that Kakihara has body modifications in...''interesting'' places.
* ExoticEquipment: It's implied that Kakihara has body modifications in...''interesting'' places.
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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.
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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, [[GlasgowGrin the extensions of his mouth, 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.
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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Kakihara's ring tone in the movie.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: Kakihara's ring tone in the movie.
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* HereWeGoAgain: The final panel of the manga implies that [[spoiler: despite the progress he's made, Ichi's violent rages are about to return with a vengeance.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ichi's fate is left ambiguous, he's last seen crying on the rooftop while being kicked by Takeshi.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Some covers make it look like Kakihara is the eponymous Ichi.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Some covers (including the live-action film one) make it look like Kakihara is the eponymous Ichi.
