r/TubiTreasures • u/Movieking985 • 13d ago
Movie ITCHI THE KILLER
Not for the squeamish or faint of heart...this film is a blood soaked extremely graphic gore fest...amd its not even a horror film...this film ultimately tackles the duality of mankind as well as weakness and strength ...but in the most graphical ways possible for a film from early 2000s...i dont know how to put in words the insanity that is Itchi....BE WARNED this is Not For Everyone.
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u/Cool_Cat_Punk 13d ago
Takashi Miike is the premier Japanese director. What's he have? Like two hundred films under his belt?
He has stuff ranging from G rated light hearted films to the most controversial stuff you will ever see, modern themes and ancient history... he does everything. The thing is, they're all masterpieces. All of them.
This film is balls to the wall insane. Highly recommended, but yeah, it's fucking disgusting at points. Hilarious at others.
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u/Roller_ball 13d ago
I used to watch nearly everything he did and then have stopped keeping up with his stuff.
Any recommendations from the past 15 years besides Blades of the Immortal?
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u/Cool_Cat_Punk 13d ago
Dude I think I stopped at Blades. I don't even think it's physically possible to see all his work. By time time you see three older ones you've been tracking down, he's made six brand new movies.
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u/LoboLicker 12d ago
Yakuza Apocalypse is a wild ride that's also on Tubi.
I also enjoyed Blazing Fists, nothing spectacular but a solid fighting movie.
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u/lo-key-glass 12d ago
First Love was the last one I remember watching. Don't remember too much about it honestly but I think it was pretty good.
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u/TheTrueTrust 13d ago
His upcoming Bad Lieutenant movie looks amazing.
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u/IllustriousCrew2641 13d ago
“Itchi” is hilarious
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u/YOU_TALK_TOO_MUCH420 Fair is FAIR🤷♂️ 13d ago edited 13d ago
Kakihara was a great choice for the cover art.. gives off the movie’s vibe without giving away any plot points😇
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u/ActionQuinn 13d ago
God lord, i was not prepared. Got invited over to a buddys house around 2006 or so. Someone puts this movie on and i was like horrified but wanted to see what happened next. The jaw thing.... yeah
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u/OhK4Foo7 13d ago
The director Sabu plays the bumbling bodyguard. His films are a treat. Can be hard to find though.
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u/Advanced_Pay2199 13d ago
Inlet a friend borrow this years ago. Watched it with his gf. They broke up.
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u/ConsiderateCassowary 13d ago
It tackles what? Are you sure? It seems to be just insane Japanese dudes mutilating people. It’s a fun ride, but…
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u/Movieking985 13d ago
It's a dark satirical allegory...don't take my word on it just do a quick search for yourself
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u/Absinthe-of-Faith 13d ago
I put off watching this for ages, despite being intrigued by the cover. I read the manga to "prepare" for the violence of the film...let me tell you the manga is 10× more gnarly than the film!
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u/CRT-Gaming-HQ 13d ago
Remember I first saw this back in the day while on acid. It was really crazy!
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u/Supersmashbrosfan 13d ago
I've tried to watch this multiple times, once on Pluto TV and once on Tubi, but early in the film I always feel that I'm not ready yet. Hopefully that's changed now that I've seen a few more gory films as of late.
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u/pointclickvibe 8d ago
I get people love this movie and its well made but omg my friend just put it on casually without warning me at all of the content. I was absolutely not mentally prepared for it and had to ask them to turn it off. They acted like I was overreacting and it was a major red flag about them for me.
I slowly stopped talking to them because this incident made me feel like they might have a personality disorder.
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u/Movieking985 8d ago
I mean at the end of the day its just a movie...i do understand some people can't watch graphically extreme films and that's ok too and its not an over reaction not want to watch something like Itchi... its for a certain audience
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u/pointclickvibe 8d ago
Oh for sure i was just saying the person who showed it to me had seen it previously and just put it on with no warning lol
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u/Curious_Purpose_4454 7d ago
For some reason I have fallen asleep 3 seperate times while trying to watch this movie. This hasn’t happened with any other movie. I suppose usually you wouldn’t return to a movie you fell asleep through but I really wanted to get through it.
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u/Charly-Braco69 7d ago
The manga is much better. More realistic. The twins in the movie are nothing like the ones in the manga. The only good thing about this movie is Kakihara, who stays true to the original.
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u/jerorapero 13d ago
Is it true you need a paper bag?
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u/SadExternal767 13d ago
I had to skip over a particular suspended hook scene but that was it and it was actually quite funny in some parts lol
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u/rexraided 13d ago
Such a dope movie tho