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Ichi

  • 20082008
  • RR
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
3.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
47,833
10,373
Haruka Ayase in Ichi (2008)
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Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
3.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
47,833
10,373
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    • Director
      • Fumihiko Sori
    • Writers
      • Kan Shimozawa(story and characters)
      • Taeko Asano(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Haruka Ayase
      • Shidô Nakamura
      • Yôsuke Kubozuka
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Fumihiko Sori
    • Writers
      • Kan Shimozawa(story and characters)
      • Taeko Asano(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Haruka Ayase
      • Shidô Nakamura
      • Yôsuke Kubozuka
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 26User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos2

    Ichi
    Trailer 1:44
    Ichi
    Ichi
    Trailer 1:45
    Ichi

    Photos10

    Haruka Ayase in Ichi (2008)
    Ichi (2008)
    Ichi (2008)
    Haruka Ayase in Ichi (2008)
    Shidô Nakamura in Ichi (2008)
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    Haruka Ayase
    Haruka Ayase
    • Ichi
    Shidô Nakamura
    Shidô Nakamura
    • Banki
    Yôsuke Kubozuka
    Yôsuke Kubozuka
    • Toraji Shirakawa
    Takao Osawa
    Takao Osawa
    • Toma Fujihira
    Gô Rijû
    • Kihachi
    Mayumi Sada
    Mayumi Sada
    • Mitsu
    Tetsuo Yamashita
    Ayumu Saitô
    Tôru Tezuka
    Kumiko Tsuchiya
    Shirô Namiki
    • Kataoka
    Tetta Sugimoto
    • Blind man
    Megumi Yokoyama
    • Toma's mother
    Eri Watanabe
    • Ohama
    Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
    Akira Emoto
    • Chobei Shirakawa
    Yûto Nakano
    Shôichirô Masumoto
    • Director
      • Fumihiko Sori
    • Writers
      • Kan Shimozawa(story and characters)
      • Taeko Asano(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The town in the movie is a Shukuba town. These towns were station towns along main roads in old days Japan. They mostly catered to people travelling along the main roads of Japan.
    • Quotes

      Ichi: I do not know what I cut because I am blind.

    • Connections
      Version of The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
    • Soundtracks
      Will
      Lyrics by Natsumi Kobayashi

      Composed by Ryosuke "Dr.R" Sakai

      Arrangement by Yoichiro Kakizaki

      Performed by SunMin

    User reviews26

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    Top review
    5/10
    sometimes shines, but mostly clunky
    I had totally forgotten about Zatoichi until I saw some of the other reviews. But there were no similarities btw the two films, and I don't think there were supposed to be either. So this film stands on its own merits (or lack thereof).

    Ichi starts off kind of weak, with some hokey dialogue. But the hokey dialogue does play off as somewhat endearing btw Toma, the insecure samurai trainee and Ichi, the cold and bleak musician. The story and the relationship btw Toma and Ichi are developed decently, so we are kept interested in the movie throughout. However, the film's pacing is rather clunky and some of the symbolic imagery and the profound dialogue isn't set up well and comes across rather forced. It's almost as if the director is making up for plot holes by inserting random bits of poetic images and dialogue that aren't set up well and don't make that much sense.

    The action is more or less decent, but the climactic fight scenes are too short and simplistic. All in all, it's not a great action film, not a great romance, and not a great drama, although it aspires to be all three. It's a film that's OK for killing time with, but I wouldn't set aside any part of your day with it.
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    • trcky1
    • Jun 3, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 25, 2008 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Japan)
      • Official site (United States)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Ичи
    • Filming locations
      • Shonai, Yamagata, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Asahi Shimbun
      • Dentsu
      • Geneon Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,382,564
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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