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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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Howard Orr

22Mar12

The haunting score by Lisa Gerrard really elevates this film, which -as with so many modern Japanese films- fluctuates between the haphazard and the sublime.

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ICHI Review

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
[This review originally ran as part of our coverage of Sitges 08, but I revisit it now on the occasion of its BluRay release in the UK.] Freshly off a screening of Fumihiko Sori’s Ichi – a partial re-envisioning
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