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Takashi Miike's ICHI THE KILLER: New 4K Restoration of Director's Cut

Takashi Miike / 2001, Japan
129min / digital

Takashi Miikes ICHI THE KILLER has endured as one of the most influential pieces of genre filmmaking of the last two decades, and now it returns in a stunning all-new 4k restoration approved by Miike himself. This visceral, bloody, and often hilarious film follows Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano), a notoriously sadistic yakuza enforcer whose search for his boss killer brings him into the orbit of a demented costumed assassin known as Ichi (Nao mori).

Most haven't truly SEEN the film, as it was exhibited from hastily blown-up (and often battered) 35mm prints and poorly mastered DVDs and Blu-rays, largely of censored international versions. Now, thanks to the legendary L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in Italy, ICHI THE KILLER can finally be seen it its full glory, with a brand new 4K transfer digitally restored and color graded to Miike's specifications and a 5.1 sound mix restored from the original elements. Features additional footage never before seen in American release!