"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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10 May 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:
20 May 2003
Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members from this film and his past successes give us an idea what kind of dedicated person he truly is.
01 January 2003
200 km follows the marches carried out by Sintel workers to reach Madrid on May 1, 2002. Sintel was a subsidiary of Telefónica that, when it was privatized, was closed, leaving its 1,800 workers on the streets.
10 September 2003
Honey Reddigan is a celebrity at the Sweet Bea baking factory. She has just published her first romance novel, Carmen the Bee Keeper's Lover.
09 December 2003
Chronicles the rise of four young musicians from their formative years to their transformation into a worldwide phenomenon.
25 April 2003
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea.
28 March 2003
Residents of a half-way house are bombarded by 6 foot long killer scorpions. A horror/comedy homage to the giant mutant bug films of the 1950's.
27 September 2003
In 1933, a mischievous ten year old, Archie, is left in the care of his unattentive father, Charlie, a reluctant gangster indebted to mob boss Benny “The Bomb” Palladino.
01 January 2003
The story begins on New Year's Eve. The editor of the newspaper Orest Orlov offers the successful 35-year-old correspondent Ksenia to take a candid interview with the famous Canadian hockey player Denis Kravtsov.
31 October 2003
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12 January 2003
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27 April 2003
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