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Ichi Reviews

2008

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Ichi stars Haruka Ayase as 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. Read more

Starring	Haruka Ayase, Shido Nakamura, Yosuke Kubozuka, Takao Osawa
Director	Fumihiko Sori
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

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- This limp femme take on Japanâs popular âZatoichiâ franchise â" in which a ruddy-clothed blind woman (Ayase... read more on Time Out
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- - David Jenkins
  - Time Out
  - 08 Jul 2009 at 05:17
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  A twist on the Zatoichi legend...
  
  Ichi (Haruka Ayase) is a young blind woman who roams from town to town in search of her father who left her family when she was still young. When a group of men... read more »
  
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  - 05 Jul 2009 at 11:46
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  Better than Zatoichi
  
  Ignore the Time Out review. This film is far superior to Zatoichi. Ok the baddies do over egg it a bit and the cgi blood effects could be better but I ... read more »
  
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- - bazm
  - 19 reviews
  - Lewes
  - 01 Dec 2011 at 22:33
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  Great Japanese Classic of Hero's & Heroines
  
  The film is great to watch the intentional cinematography and landscape and costumes. This is one slick film foreign film themes of the wild west with a very ... read more »
  
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- - Kando
  - 9 reviews
  - 20 Jul 2011 at 13:04
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  blind lone justice
  
  Young blind woman is expelled from troupe of singers after being raped by unknown man who'd seen her perform. She has also exceptional sword skills. She has... read more »
  
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- - juradino
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  - 05 Jul 2011 at 17:25
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  ICHI
  
  Quite surprised by this...unlike Azumi, which I saw a few years back and liked at first, when I came to watch again was weak, bad acting and ... read more »
  
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- - qbakka
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  - huddersfield
  - 28 Mar 2010 at 12:58
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  ichi
  
  This is an excellent film well worth a watch.
  
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- - glassartlady
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  - Bromyard
  - 26 Nov 2009 at 17:53
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  Good for a bit of action
  
  I was unfamiliar with the Zatoichi story and perhaps this increased my enjoyment of this film as I had no comparison. Perhaps a bit over dramatic at times yet ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Nov 2009 at 17:44
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  A twist on the Zatoichi legend...
  
  Ichi (Haruka Ayase) is a young blind woman who roams from town to town in search of her father who left her family when she was still young. When a group of men... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - a customer
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  - 05 Jul 2009 at 11:46
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- - 14
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  A twist on the Zatoichi legend...
  
  Ichi (Haruka Ayase) is a young blind woman who roams from town to town in search of her father who left her family when she was still young. When a group of men... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 779781
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  - a customer
  - ORPINGTON
  - 05 Jul 2009 at 11:46
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  Good for a bit of action
  
  I was unfamiliar with the Zatoichi story and perhaps this increased my enjoyment of this film as I had no comparison. Perhaps a bit over dramatic at times yet ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 26 Nov 2009 at 17:44
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  ichi
  
  This is an excellent film well worth a watch.
  
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- - glassartlady
  - 12 reviews
  - Bromyard
  - 26 Nov 2009 at 17:53
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  Review of Ichi
  
  ICHI
  
  Quite surprised by this...unlike Azumi, which I saw a few years back and liked at first, when I came to watch again was weak, bad acting and ... read more »
  
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- 877564
- - qbakka
  - 1 review
  - huddersfield
  - 28 Mar 2010 at 12:58
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  blind lone justice
  
  Young blind woman is expelled from troupe of singers after being raped by unknown man who'd seen her perform. She has also exceptional sword skills. She has... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1013410
- - juradino
  - 623 reviews
  - London
  - 05 Jul 2011 at 17:25
- - 0
  - 0
  Great Japanese Classic of Hero's & Heroines
  
  The film is great to watch the intentional cinematography and landscape and costumes. This is one slick film foreign film themes of the wild west with a very ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1019580
- - Kando
  - 9 reviews
  - 20 Jul 2011 at 13:04
- - 0
  - 0
  Better than Zatoichi
  
  Ignore the Time Out review. This film is far superior to Zatoichi. Ok the baddies do over egg it a bit and the cgi blood effects could be better but I ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1069373
- - bazm
  - 19 reviews
  - Lewes
  - 01 Dec 2011 at 22:33

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