ICHI

Oct 25, 2008

2h 0m

★ 6.8

Justice is blind.

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.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Drama

History

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Japan

Geneon Entertainment

TBS

The Asahi Shimbun

ICHI Trailers

Cast

Ichi

Haruka Ayase

Toraji Shirakawa

Yosuke Kubozuka

Toma Fujihira

Takao Osawa

Banki

Shido Nakamura

Blind Man

Tetta Sugimoto

Toma's Mother

Megumi Yokoyama

Banki No. 2

Riki Takeuchi

Mitsu

Mayumi Sada

Tetsuo Yamashita

Ayumu Saito

Toru Tezuka

Kumiko Tsuchiya

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