Killer on the loose! This week in The Q we revisit the work of maverick director Takashi Miike as he spins this unsettling, blood-soaked yakuza yarn with the (2001) cult film   ICHI THE KILLER   When mob don Anjo mysteriously disappears, his protégé Kakihara vows to find the people responsible. Sporting a blond head of hair and a yawning, pierced slash for a mouth, Kakihara is no ordinary gangster and his methods are equally unorthodox. Meanwhile, a shadowy character known as Jijii deftly manipulates, for his own nefarious ends, Ichi, an unbalanced but ruthless killing machine clad in a superhero suit. Pining for the sadistic abuse of his boss, Kakihara learns of Ichi from a Hong Kong hostess and sets out to find this fabled butcher, hoping he can inflict the pain that Kakihara craves… Check it out to just how [...]