Skaboi -
This movie was NUTS!
Take Kakihara, for example. Seeing Japan's answer to Joe Pesci was pretty impressive - a guy with his mouth split almost from ear to ear, using piercings to keep it together? WOW!
I was a little disappointed that it took SO LONG for Ichi to show up, but his killing methods were pretty unique, to say the least!!!
(for those who haven't seen it - a whole squad was assigned to mop up after Ichi whenever he killed someone, and it was about 4-5 people each time. VERY MESSY).
I couldn't decide if my favorite scene was the first axe kick by Ichi using his badass bootblade, or the "eating the fist" scene by Kakihara.
A little drawn out, but what a payoff! I never expected the whole scene with the kid, about 5 mins from the end....you know which one I mean....
Dude! I'm really happy you enjoyed this flick!
Kakihara is by far one of the best bad guys in cinema, and one of the most mentally unstable as well. As for best scene in the film I'm going to have to say the fist eating scene or the tongue removal scene. Or even the ear scene towards the end! Great stuff!
I'm just curious as to if you saw the R version or the unrated? Unfortunatly I could only place my hands on the R version but plan to order the unrated soon.
Anyway, glad you enjoyed!
That movie was sick and twisted. I wish I can cook up a story like that.