Ichi the Killer

Ichi the Killer (2001) is Takashi Miike's extreme crime-horror, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara hunts for his vanished boss and stumbles onto Ichi, a meek, broken psychotic who can deliver pain Kakihara has only fantasized about.

The boss disappears with a case full of cash and turns up in a hotel room, the scene so wrecked it looks like the man was turned inside out. His crew launches a manhunt for the killer, never guessing that the sniveling crybaby they barely notice is the executioner himself. Tadanobu Asano plays Kakihara, cheeks slit ear to ear and held shut by piercings, chasing not revenge so much as someone who can finally make him suffer.

Adapted from Hideo Yamamoto's manga, the film gives no quarter and was cut or banned outright in a dozen countries for its sadism. This is not a casual movie night pick; it is an endurance test built for fans of brutal Japanese underground cinema. For anyone who can stomach it, few films of the decade hit this hard. Stream Ichi the Killer (2001) online on iFILM.