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Ichi (2008)

Ichi poster
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
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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.

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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)

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