
Yakuza Apocalypse(2015)
When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.


“Love really hurts.”
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

Tadanobu Asano
Kakihara

Nao Omori
Ichi

Shinya Tsukamoto
Jijii

SABU
Kaneko

Paulyn Sun
Karen

Susumu Terajima
Suzuki

Shun Sugata
Takayama

Toru Tezuka
Fujiwara

Yoshiki Arizono
Nakazawa

Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Ryu Long
Ichi the Killer is a action, crime, horror film released in 2001 exploring themes of assassin, pain, yakuza, gore, dominatrix, violence against women. Directed by Takashi Miike, it stars Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto. As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
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