When Kakihara's cell phone rings, the ringtone is the movie's theme song ... Despite his ruthless anti-hero persona in Ichi the Killer, Tadonobu Asano is more relaxed and candid in person.

Based on works of Hideo Yamamoto The **Ichi the Killer** trilogy delves into the dark and violent world of its titular character, Ichi, a seemingly mild-mannered man hiding a terrifying secret.

We follow Ichi during his high school years. Mr. Dai is the best fighter in school... whenever he fights Ichi is there and has a huge smile on his face. Mr. Dai thinks that Ichi is laughing at him ...

Soon enough Kakihara and his men encounter Ichi, a psychotic, sexually-repressed young man with amazing martial arts abilities and blades that come out of his shoes. One by one Ichi takes out ...