Ichi the Killer was directed by the now-infamous Takashi Miike – whose 1999 film Audition had already built him a reputation in the UK (after arriving on VHS via distribution label Tartan Video). It told the story of two deranged killers caught in a twisted cat-and-mouse chase across Tokyo's red-light district of Kabukicho; the "Ichi" of the title was a mentally disturbed man, manipulated to kill