Directed by Takashi Miike   Written by Shigenori Takechi   Cast Kazuya Nakayama ... Okada Izo Kaori Momoi ... Saya Ryûhei Matsuda ... His Highness (as Ryuuhei Matsuda) Ryôsuke Miki ... Hanpeita Yûya Uchida ... Second Man Masumi Okada ... Chief of the Palace Hiroki Matsukata ... Yakuza Boss Hiroshi Katsuno   Masato ... Ronin Bob Sapp   Takeshi Kitano ... Chancellor (as 'Bîto' Takeshi) Daijirô Harada   Taisaku Akino   Chisato Amate   Takeshi Caesar   Joe Cappelletti ... Hanpeita (voice) Mickey Curtis ... (as Mikkî Kâchisu) Ken'ichi Endô ... Spearman torturing the crucified Izo (as Ken'ichi Endou) Michael Forest ... Samurai (voice) (as Alfred Thor) Jessica Gee-George ... Izo's Mother (voice) Ryûji Harada   Yoshio Harada   Kate Higgins ... Teacher (voice) (as Kate Davis) Megan Hollingshead ... Saya (voice) (as Karen Thompson) Renji Ishibashi   Yûdai Ishiyama   Tsurutarô Kataoka ... Warlord Kirin Kiki ... Izo's Mother Shigeo Kobayashi   Miyuki Komagata   Steve Kramer ... Man with Voice Box (voice) Dave Mallow ... Doctor (voice) Kazuhiro Mashiko   Michael McConnohie ... Yakuza Leader (voice) Yasukaze Motomiya   Hiroyuki Nagato ... Great Priest Mari Nakayama ... Woman in Attendance Liam O'Brien ... Prince (voice) Ken Ogata ... Swordsman Mitsuhiro Oikawa   Sam Riegel ... Izo (voice) Tokitoshi Shiota   Christopher Corey Smith ... Businessman (voice) (as Chris Kent) Harumi Sone   Melodee Spevack ... Original Mother (voice) (as Melodee M. Spevack) Doug Stone ... VIP (voice) Kim Strauss ... High Official (voice) Shun Sugata ... Monk Soldier Haruna Takase ... Lucky Mother Teah   Susumu Terajima   Kirk Thornton ... Prime Minister (voice) Kazuki Tomokawa ... Folk Singer Hitoshi Yamaguchi   Tarô Yamamoto   Joe Yamanaka   Rikiya Yasuoka ... Lender Hideji Ôtaki   Produced by Taizô Fukumaki   Fujio Matsushima   Kazuyoshi Okuyama   Original Music by Kôji Endô

Additional Info Premiere: August 21, 2004 DVD Release: October 11, 2005 Country: Distributor: Tokyo Shock Websites: Production Companies KSS (Izô Seisaku Jikkôiinkai) Excellent Film (Izô Seisaku Jikkôiinkai) Izo Partners Office Kitano Distributors Team Okuyama   (2004) (Japan) (theatrical) KSS   (2004) (Japan) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.0 / 10 Our Rating 5.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.7 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,893 / 21,118 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 2 total ratings Site Ranking #5,889 My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) #5,890 Open 24 Hours (2018) #5,891 Little Demon: Season 1 (2022) #5,892 The Djinn (2021) #5,893 Izo (2004) #5,894 The Gingerdead Man (2005) #5,895 Man's Best Friend (1993) #5,896 Men With Brooms (2002) #5,897 57 Seconds (2023)