Ichi is a remake of films from 60's and 70's, and most recently, "Zatoichi" from 2003. In this version, Ichi, a blind woman, is searching for the man who raised her. She travels with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), using her exceptional sword skills to fight off yakuza and other villains on her journey.
On a quest to find the blind masseur who raised her as a child, sightless but exceptionally skilled swordswoman Ichi (Haruka Ayase) saves the life of a hapless samurai (Takao Osawa), which lands her in the middle of a violent feud between local villagers and a gang of bandits. Directed by Fumihiko Sori, this blood-soaked Japanese action movie features beautifully choreographed fight scenes and fine acting.
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Haruka Ayase | Ichi |
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Shido Nakamura | Banki |
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Yosuke Kubozuka | Toraji Shirakawa |
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Takao Osawa | Toma Fujihira |
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Gô Rijû | Kihachi |
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Mayumi Sada | Mitsu |
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Tetsuo Yamashita | |
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Ayumu Saito | |
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Toru Tezuka | |
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Kumiko Tsuchiya | |
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Shirô Namiki | Kataoka |
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Tetta Sugimoto | Blind man |
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Megumi Yokoyama | Toma's mother |
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Eri Watanabe | Ohama |
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Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi | |
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Akira Emoto | Chobei Shirakawa |
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Yûto Nakano | |
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Shôichirô Masumoto | |
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Ryôsuke Shima | Kotaro |
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Katsuya | |
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Kôji Motegi | |
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Yuuki Natsusaka | |
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Kotarô Tomomitsu | |
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Kôichi Taniguchi | |
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Kenji Yoshioka |
| Director | Fumihiko Sori |
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| Writer | Kan Shimozawa, Taeko Asano | |
| Producer | Nobuhiro Azuma, Yoshitaka Hori, Yoshio Irie, Sumio Kiga, Hiroyoshi Koiwai, Toshiaki Nakazawa, Yûji Shimamoto, Nobuyuki Tanizawa, Yasushi Umemura, Takeshi Yamaoka, Kôji Yoshida | |
| Musician | Michael Edwards, Lisa Gerrard | |
| Photography | Keiji Hashimoto | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Distributor | Funimation Productions |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |