Teach me, too.
- Go back home. - I'll grow strong and get revenge.
Takeshi.
Takeshi!
I'm on a very important job now.
It may be that one day I won't be able to come home.
If something should happen to me,
promise me you'll go and live with your mum.
I won't.
Don't worry.
I can take care of myself.
Takeshi.
What's taking you so long? Go and find Ichi.
I don't know what he looks like.
Find anyone who smells of blood.
Now go and get him!
What the fuck do you think you're doing?
Got it?
First you puke all over one of our girls
and then you say you've no money?
Who the fuck do you think you are?
Answer me, you bastard.
What's so funny?
Give us our money back right now.
Just sell off your kidneys.
As long as we get our money, asshole.
How much does he owe you?
Who the hell are you, anyway?
How much did he borrow?
500,000 yen.
- Who do you work for? - None of your business.
Watch your mouth.
What are you looking at?
Hasn't he had enough?
In that case, why don't you pay off his debts?
Watch out, or you'll get hurt.
- What gang are you with? - The Anjo gang.
I don't know what backwater you're from,
but you have "sitting duck" written all over your forehead.
Aren't you Japanese?
Don't you understand what I am saying?
Anyhow, get out of here.
Get a move on, I said.
Don't be shy. Eat up.
Boss Anjo, he's the cop who lost his gun.
He became known as an Olympic marksman.
You must be hungry.
Go ahead and eat.
Mom won't come back, will she?
She left you for another man.
But I'll always stay with you.
Stop jabbering and eat.
Where are you from? China?
This is no place for you.
You understand?
Don't be so jittery. I'm not bullying you.
You remind me of myself a long time ago.
The guy who picked me up when I was down has been murdered.
He took me in when I drifted with nowhere to go.
I must find his killers and avenge him.
Eat up, or the noodles will go soft.
How are you feeling?
Where are we?
Seems you had bad dreams.
You'll find photos inside.
Taken of the biggest bullies.
The ones that bullied me?
Just like them.
They are even worse than the boys who bullied you.
Those were not the only bad people around.
The ones that stood by and did nothing are even worse.
You must go after all of them.
That's why you grew strong, isn't it?
But...
Ms Tachibana tried to help me.
Back then you were too weak to help her.
But now you are strong enough to defeat all of them.
You can have your revenge.
Revenge...
You mean killing people?
Right.
I mean to kill.
- I don't want to kill any more. - What?
I hate killing people.
Running away from things will never make you a man!
My dick's hard.
- Since when? - I don't know.
Why didn't you tell me? lt'll start to rot.
That's what you get for not doing what I tell you.
Take some tranquillizers. They'll calm you down for a while.
What's wrong? Take the damn things.
I don't want to kill any more people.
We'll talk about that later. Just take the damn pills.
No!
Ichi!
I've been a detective forever but I've never seen anything like this.
Even you can't do that, brother.
I could, if I wanted to.
There's something inhuman to this carnage.
Most people have a touch of both sadism and masochism inside them
I can't wait to meet him.
But he'll come here anyway, won't he?
There's no pattern to it. It's all just a game.
If I'm not ready to die when he comes,
I'll become increasingly desperate.
But if I know he's coming,
I'll do all I can to stop him from killing me.
So you will tell me where this Ichi is even if you don't want to.
Do you have any clues?
Somebody I know stumbled upon this Chinese pal of Ichi
who goes around pimping.
Find him and you'll discover much more.
A Chinese pimp, huh?
I picked it up from a girl in this club.
Well, big brother?
We can't turn down a request from Kakihara, can we?
Without him we wouldn't even be detectives. We owe him a lot.
We'll find that dickhead soon enough.
There aren't so many Chinese pimps around.
Hey, it's Kaneko.
Damned if it isn't. The cop who got fired for losing his gun.
What are you doing here?
- I'm a gunman. - You're kidding!
A guy loses his gun and next thing you know, he becomes a gunman.
Are you? Really?
What are you waiting for? Go find him.
I want to fuck, fuck, fuck.
No use.
Hello. Myu-Myu? It's me, Longie.
Can I come over right now?
Did you plant the information about that girl?
I did.
Then it's only a matter of time...
before Long gets caught.
What happens next?
- Ichi is going through a bad patch. - A bad patch?
He gets hard, but he cannot ejaculate.
Really? That's weird.
Tell me, what is this Ichi like?
I can't tell you that.
Come on, tell me about him.
OK, if you insist.
- He's kind of cute. - Your type?
Not especially.
- He is a crybaby. - What's that?
He was bullied when he was a kid.
Even now, when he gets mad he starts to cry.
At first he keeps it under control, then suddenly he lashes out to kill.
So he's sick, isn't he?
Most of the time, he's quite a nice young man.
But when he loses it, he turns into a killer.
I sort of understand that.
But he was never really bullied, you see.
After he killed his parents, I messed around with his memory.
I made him believe that he used to be bullied.
So now every time I need him for a job, I feed him more stories.
And he believes all of that?
Does that post-hypnosis stuff really work?
Yes, but I think I overdid it on that rape story.
I told him he was bullied in high school
and that the girl who stood by him ended up getting raped.
That got him terribly excited.
Rape?
Yes, a story about a girl who was raped.
Can I ask you something?
What?
Did you also put me under some kind of hypnosis?
I wouldn't dare.
No!
Shut up!
I feel sorry for you, Kaneko.
First you lose your gun and get kicked of the force.
Then you become a yakuza, which is OK.
But now you have a killer on your heels.
You're an unlucky monkey.
I have no regrets.
I've got lots of them.
The only reason I ended up in this business is because I was tough.
Sometimes I look at those salary slaves...
imagining I could have easily ended up that way, living such a life.
What will you do when all this is over?
I only want revenge for boss Anjo.
There will be no one left to taste our revenge.
Think about your son.
He'll have to manage on his own.
I have only one thing on my mind.
I've never seen such a tough bitch.
Jiro, you've lost your touch.
She's just too tough.
Time for sleuthhound Saburo to step into the ring.
That brings back memories.
- OK, I know where to find Long. - I'm impressed.
Takayama, keep an eye on the girl.
Where are you going?
Did I tell you to come?
But...
I didn't ask you to come, did I?
Can't you sense my mood?
I'm sorry, Longie.
God, this is terrible.
Are you all right?
I'm so sorry, Longie.
You want some water?
I said, do you want some water?
Do you want some or not?
I'm so sorry, Longie.
Hey.
Say something!
Cut it out.
Cut it out!
How come Jijii doesn't answer?
Kakihara.
Good evening.
This one's for Inoue!
Put some feeling into it! Giving pain is a serious business.
There's no love in your punches.
What's taking him so long?
What the fuck?
Sorry. I'm so sorry.
Are you all right?
Are you hurt?
Ichi?
Don't you remember me?
It's me, Tachibana.
Long time no see.
It's been a long time.
Yes, it has, Ms Tachibana.
Is it really you?
I told you so.
I'm sorry.
Then why didn't you come to my rescue?
I'm sorry.
I wanted to die.
- Despair. - Despair.
That's right, despair.
I like to be abused.
I met someone through the Internet who said he was a sadist.
I was so disappointed.
Slice me up neatly.
Slice you up?
What? You have a hard-on, already?
You wanted me to rape you?
You really wanted me to rape you, Ms Tachibana?
You wanted to be raped because you didn't want to be raped.
You didn't want me to do it because you wanted me to do it.
Of course. Like Sailor didn't want me to do it
cos she wanted me to do it.
That's it, Ms Tachibana.
What's the matter?
I will slice you to pieces, Ms Tachibana.
What?
Ms Tachibana.
I understand now.
You don't want this because you want it.
Myu-Myu?
What happened? Why is she dead?
I guess he wanted to get something from her
but just went a little too far.
That's right, isn't it, Kaneko?
Don't get in my way all the time.
I told you it wouldn't be pretty.
I'll ask you again. Where is Ichi?
I told you, I don't know.
Ichi is even more depraved than you could ever imagine.
He's a monster who kills without any feeling for his victims.
Is that so hard to understand?
Hello?
Do you think that what you're doing will make everything inevitable?
No matter how hard you try, it'll all be in vain, you asshole.
People like you who can only watch know absolutely nothing.
I'm pulling the strings. Even yours. I'm controlling everything.
Don't you feel it's all running a bit too smoothly, you creep?
Your fate is without a shred of meaning.
You'll be killed senselessly by Ichi. No more, no less, asshole.
Your penalty for not knowing Ichi.
A split and pierced penis.
Great. Let's do it.
Takayama, get some scissors.
This'll put an end to your pimping.
No!
I'll try to remember about Ichi!
I'll be outside. Call me when it's over.
Really?
You feel up to it again?
OK, come to the yakuza apartment.
There's lots of work to do.
I can't stand that stuff.
That bastard Jijii.
Where's Ichi?
Behind you.
Ichi has no time to be playing with a dumb gorilla like you.
No! If you do that, I'll die.
What was that?
Takayama...
He's all broken up.
Hold it.
Don't. You'll never make it.
Hey!
Bastard.
This Ichi's a real monster.
Even big brother Jiro couldn't do this.
Watch what you say.
I'm getting scared.
We'll go look for him, too.
You stay here.
It's you and me guarding the coop.
Do you think it's possible to yank someone's arm off
with your bare hands?
I said, is it possible to yank an arm off with your bare hands?
Of course not.
That's impossible.
I can't hear you.
- It's impossible. - Really?
I'll have little Saburo shaking in his boots.
Ready? I'm going to try now.
So you're back?
Where are the bullies, Jijii?
First, listen carefully.
That man who treated you to a bowl of noodles -
he's your long, lost brother.
So the next time you see him, make sure you pay him your respect.
My brother?
My big brother?
Damn, the whole world looks down on me.
I can do it!
I'm sure I can kill Ichi. Ichi!
My brother.
Who's there?
Saburo, what kind of guy is this Ichi?
- He must be some kind of monster. - I'm scared.
Even the infamous Kakihara is scared now?
No, I'm scared of myself.
All this anticipation.
It's been years since I felt such a mix of anxiety and anticipation.
The few times I've felt this, I was let down in the end.
I really want to lose myself in desperation.
What if Ichi also lets me down?
What's the matter?
- It's Jiro. He's dead. - Really?
It's exactly the same feeling as when our big brother Ichiro died.
Are you sure? Then let's go back.
Kaneko. Ichi has arrived.
Damn.
I was looking forward to killing Jiro myself one day.
That's interesting.
Oh, fuck!
The same as ever.
Takeshi.
He looks like that guy...
He's called Ichi.
- What did you say? - Ichi.
He's the guy who used karate to help me.
Damn! Damn!
Takeshi.
Don't move an inch.
Wait a minute.
You're scaring me. Wait.
You're so fucking scary! You're coming at me again?
Ichi!
Hey.
What will you do now?
Don't let me down.
Why are you doing this to me, brother?
Why?
Hey, wait a minute.
Tell me, brother.
Tell me.
Why?
Why, brother?
Stop right there!
Daddy.
Takeshi...
I'm sorry.
Your mind is in chaos.
You are truly demented.
Get up, Ichi.
Get up.
What's the matter with you?
Come on, damn it!
Do you hear me?
Get up.
Come on.
Stop fucking around.
What are you playing at?
How can we have our challenge match, if you act this way?
Come on, Ichi.
Get up and fight. Come on.
You're so selfish.
What are you doing?
Damn...
Nobody left to kill me.
Wow, this is amazing!
Ichi!
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