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.
This movie contains 70 potentially triggering events.
ichi being abused/bullied as a child is talked about, kaneko seems to disregard his son takeshi a lot more than most would like, and sailor who is a prostitute that anjo hires is 17
58min on the dot basically, Kakihara v* some blood onto the ground while chained up. Kinda comes outta nowhere
1hr 1min 20 seconds Ichi th* up after we go through the door with all the blood. he does seem like he’s gonna for a split second before he does it, like i felt it coming
kakiharas (one of the main characters) main weapon are very long needles he uses for puncturing and stabbing people, most graphic uses in are suzukis torture scene and inoue/kanos death
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at around the middle of the runtime a character reveals he can hypnotize others to manipulate the end result, and so it's never clear which of their memories are real and which aren't
It's never outright confirmed by the character, but an important character that dies is repeatedly accused of being in love with his male boss, though it seems less about the gender and more because of the pain his boss inflicts being what he's into. Very easy to read him as bi if not gay, though.