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ICHI (2008)

Directed by Fumihiko Sori

Action | Drama | Crime

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortunately for Ichi, she is also a gifted swordswoman and carries a lethal blade within her walking stick.

Length 120 minutes

Actors

Haruka Ayase | Yosuke Kubozuka | Takao Osawa | Shidou Nakamura | Tetta Sugimoto | Megumi Yokoyama | Riki Takeuchi | Mayumi Sada | Tetsuo Yamashita | Ayumu Saitô | Toru Tezuka | Kumiko Tsuchiya | Shirô Namiki | Eri Watanabe | Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi | Akira Emoto | Yuto Nakano | Shôichirô Masumoto | Ryosuke Shimada | Katsuya | Koji Motegi | Yuuki Natsusaka | Issei Okihara | Yasuomi Sano | Mitsuki Koga | Ryûki Kitaoka | Masashi Larry Oiwa | Yukina Kashiwa | Kazuma Chiba | Reita Serizawa | Toshiki Masuda | Masaki Kato | Horiken | Yuko Endo | Hiroki Matsukata | Masaaki Nagae | Daishirô Hano

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

An interesting take on the Zatoichi story where the protagonist is likely his daughter but also blind and skilled with a sword. The story shifts its focus onto a disgraced samurai who cannot draw his sword due to an incident in his past instead of staying more focused on Ichi, which feels like a misstep.

Still a pretty good watch, especially considering I picked up this disc used for a few bucks at 2nd and Charles a while back.

Parts of it felt familiar so not surprised to see I’d watched it a while ago (12 years!).

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