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Ichi the Killer (2001)

Ichi the Killer is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike, written by Sakichi Sato, and based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga series of the same name. The film is notorious amongst moviegoers due to its extremely graphic violence. The film has received widespread controversy and is banned outright in several countries due to its high impact violence and graphic depictions of cruelty. In 2009, The Norwegian Media Authority reacted to the film and later classified the film as Rejected and banned the film due to "high impact violence and cruelty" and the film is still banned in Norway, but available for home video purchase. The film has been banned outright in Malaysia since the film's distribution date in 2001 due to "very high impact violence & offensive depictions of cruelty" The film is banned uncut in Germany, and classified as "adults only" in a "heavily cut version".

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Director: Takashi Miike
Distributor: Media Blasters (USA)
Release date: September 14, 2001
Running time: 129 minutes

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