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| “ | There's no love in your violence. | „ |
| ~ Kakihara evaluating Ichi. |
| “ | Moral code, what's that? | „ |
| ~ Kakihara |
Masao Kakihara is the main antagonist of the manga series Ichi the Killer and the controversial 2001 movie based on it. He is Yakuza enforcer that begins to create a spree of murder and torture when his father is killed by a mysterious assassin known only to him as Ichi the Killer who has been ordered to assassinate Kakihara as well.
In the movie adaptaton, he was portrayed by Tadanobu Asano, who also portrayed Gotou from Parasyte and Lord Kira from 47 Ronin.
Appearance[]
Kakihara is a tall and slim young man with black hair and short beard, he has several distinguishing marks such as having slashes on his bearded face that resembles a number sign. One horizontal slash running across his cheek and nose, another horizontal slash running across his forehead and a vertical slash that connects both slashes over his left eye in addition to his "glasgow grin" held together by piercing at the edge of his lips which is actually a slit-mouth that allows him to open his jaws to ridiculously wide lengths like a snake. Kakihara's normal features are described as having a haunting face and wearing an onyx, contemporary, Yakuza-uniform along with having the same hair color as his uniform in both the manga and the anime. In Takashi Miike's live-action film, Kakihara's appearance is depicted as having a handsome face (with the same slashes, piercings and etched grin) and wearing multicolored, custom-made suits along with sporting dyed-blonde hair (he swapped hair colors with his friend Karen in the film).
Personality[]
Kakihara is a sadomasochist who enjoys piercing himself and others with needles, as well as anything else that feels pain. Kakihara's weapon of choice is skewers, much like how Ichi's weapon of choice is a bladed-backstay-boot.
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