Ichi (2008)

Original title

ICHI

Directed by

Fumihiko Sori

Genre

action film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h

Rated

16

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 139 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A blind female musician and skilled samurai travels through feudal Japan searching for her lost mentor. She uses her sword to defend herself and others along the way.

melancholicvisually lushslow-burntensedramaticsomberaction-heavyemotional

What happens

Ichi is a 2008 chanbara (チャンバラ) film directed by Fumihiko Sori, starring Haruka Ayase, Takao Osawa, Shido Nakamura, and Yosuke Kubozuka. It was released by Warner Bros. Japan on October 25, 2008. The film was loosely based on the manga by Hana Shinohara published Oct 23, 2008, to Aug 23, 2011. It is also a soft reboot of the Zatoichi film series, featuring a female protagonist this time named Ichi, a blind musician and samurai traveling Feudal Japan to find her lost mentor (who is actually Zatoichi himself). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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