ICHI [BLU-RAY]

Details

• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Action, Drama, Foreign, Martial Arts
• Plot: ICHI honors the classic tale of the blind samurai while casting the legend in breathtaking new light. In a role traditionally played by men, award-winning actress Haruka Ayase is both tender and brutal.; ; Beautiful Ichi wanders blindly from village to village, searching for the sightless swordsman who long ago taught her to kill. Her technique is exquisite and explosive, her defenses as impenetrable as the darkness in which she moves. Many along her solitary path are touched – some by the sound of her delicate music, others by the edge of her lethal blade. Also starring Shidou Nakamura (LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA), with original music by Lisa Gerrard (GLADIATOR, DEAD CAN DANCE).
• Cast: Haruka Ayase, Shidô Nakamura, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Takao Ôsawa, Usagi Kôno, Eiko Kotake, Toshiki Masuda, Wakako Matsuzaka, R. Bruce Elliott, Todd Haberkorn, Gwendolyn Lau, Andy Mullins, Brina Palencia, Brandon Potter, Christopher Sabat, J. Michael Tatum, Kent Williams, Fumihiko Sori
• Director: Fumihiko Sori
• Runtime: 2:00
• Company: Funimation
• Media Format: Movie