"How Ichi became the Killer." 24 January 2003 Drama, Action, Thriller 83 mins
In this prequel we witness the teenage roots of Ichi's manic-depressive beginnings and the origins of his monster-sized kicks and his anger, his psychological, as well as physical, beatings.
Watch the official 1-Ichi 2003 trailer in HD below or find more 1-Ichi videos on Vidimovie.
Nao Omori as Ichi / Shiroishi
Teah as Dai
Chihara Junia as Onizame
Chisato Amate as Satomi
Yuki Oikawa as Nao
Eiki Kitamura as Hiromi
Kazuhiro Mashiko as Hide
Sakichi Sato Writer
Tadanobu Asano Original Music Composer
Masato Tanno Director
Hideo Yamamoto Comic Book
Takeshi Katayama Producer
Kayo Tomita Editor
Yukio Nihei Executive Producer
Ichi 1: Origin Trailer
Japan 24 January 2003
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from 1-Ichi:
How Ichi becomes the Killer. The movie is a pre-quel to Takashi Miike's Koroshiya 1 (Ichi - The Killer
1-Ichi full hd movie trailer.
Prequel 2 Ichi the killer.
My personal take on the prequel of Ichi the Killer.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 2003:
01 January 2003
Robert McChesney lays the blame for the US's current state of affairs squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far from delivering on their promises of more choice and more diversity, have organized a system characterized by a lack of competition, homogenization of opinion and formulaic programming.
04 June 2003
A man accidentally gets mixed up in a conspiracy on some important numbers.
21 March 2003
Om lives in Bombay, India, in a small apartment with mother and sister. Om and his mother are of very conservative taste, when it comes to wearing clothes, however, the sister is not.
09 December 2003
Chronicles the rise of four young musicians from their formative years to their transformation into a worldwide phenomenon.
21 June 2003
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02 November 2003
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15 June 2003
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25 March 2003
A mini-documentary showing the making of the four-panel art wall made for Linkin Park's second studio album Meteora.
04 April 2003
The story follows the two sisters Melissa and Emily, the former who accidentally killed her husband Alan and the latter who agrees to help her bury her husband in the desert.
25 July 2003
After the dashing Bavarian Lena Mayerhofer catches her future husband having a fling with her bridesmaid, she flees to Berlin to take over her Aunt Käthe's long-established bakery.
27 April 2003
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31 October 2003
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