Directed by Takashi Miike Written by Sakichi Sato   Hideo Yamamoto   Cast Tadanobu Asano ... Kakihara Nao Ômori ... Ichi Shin'ya Tsukamoto ... Jijii Paulyn Sun ... Karen (as Alien Sun) Susumu Terajima ... Suzuki (as Sabu) Shun Sugata ... Takayama Tôru Tezuka ... Fujiwara Yoshiki Arizono ... Nakazawa Kiyohiko Shibukawa ... Ryu Long (as Kee) Satoshi Niizuma ... Inoue Suzuki Matsuo ... Jirô / Saburô Jun Kunimura ... Funaki Sabu ... Kaneko (as Hiroyuki Tanaka) Moro Morooka ... Coffee Shop Manager Hôka Kinoshita ... Sailor's Lover Hiroshi Kobayashi ... Takeshi Mai Gotou ... Sailor (as Mai Goto) Rio Aoki ... Miyuki Yoshiyuki Morishita ... Pub Patron Setchin Kawaya ... Pub Proprietor Yuki Kazamatsuri ... Yakuza Girl Sakichi Sato ... Man Kicking Ichi Kaori Sugawara   Hideo Sako   Mako Takeda   Masataka Haji   Manzô Shinra   Produced by Yuchul Cho   Akiko Funatsu   Toshiki Kimura   Sumiji Miyake   Dai Miyazaki   Elliot Tong   Albert Yeung   Toyoyuki Yokohama   Original Music by Karera Musication Seiichi Yamamoto

Additional Info Premiere: September 14, 2001 DVD Release: December 09, 2003 Blu-ray Release: October 20, 2009 Country: Distributor: Well Go USA Websites: Alternate Titles Koroshiya 1 Koroshiya Ichi Production Companies Omega Project Toho Omega Micott Inc. Alpha Group Spike Co. Ltd. Excellent Film Distributors Media Blasters   (2003) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) Ammo Content   (2021) (USA) (video) Shudder   (2015) (USA) (video) (streaming) Toku   (2016) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.6 / 10 Our Rating 8.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.7 / 10 Female Users 6.7 / 10 Site Ranking #2,221 / 20,875 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 17 total ratings Almost Perfect 7 total ratings Average 3 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,217 Grizzly Man (2005) #2,218 Beau Is Afraid (2023) #2,219 The Lookout (2007) #2,220 Cannibal Holocaust (1980) #2,221 Ichi The Killer (2001) #2,222 The Many Saints Of Newark (2021) #2,223 47 Meters Down (2017) #2,224 Flash Gordon (1980) #2,225 Victor Frankenstein (2015)