Bullied at school by day and psychologically tormented by the sounds of his seemingly average parents' S&M sex games at night; the teenage Ichi slowly becomes conditioned to equate pain with pleasure. Initially in frustrated denial of the fact that he finds himself sexually aroused by acts of violence, Ichi gains a small measure of self-acceptance when he meets and is seduced by a beautiful, tough and extremely masochistic young girl. Already one hundred percent sadistic and almost totally dysfunctional, Ichi finds himself going even further over the edge when his own blood is spilled... A stunning anime version of Hideo Yamamoto's creation