Ichi (市) is a goze (blind woman) who is travelling Japan in search of her mentor, who was the actual Zatoichi. She is befriended by a traveling samurai Toma Fujihira, who tells her that he rescued her from bandits (in fact, it was Ichi who saved them both by killing the bandits).

Zatoichi (Japanese: 座頭市, Hepburn: Zatōichi) is a fictional character created by Japanese novelist Kan Shimozawa. He is an itinerant blind masseur and swordsman of Japan's late Edo period (1830s and 1840s).

Ichi: Directed by Fumihiko Sori. With Haruka Ayase, Shidô Nakamura, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Takao Osawa. Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills …

In ICHI, Shochiku Co., Ltd. brings the Zatoichi character brack to movie screens in a new female incarnation. Ichi is a lone goze (blind woman singer) who has become separated from her traveling entertainment troupe.

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.

Following the footsteps of the blind masseur and swordsman Zatoichi comes Ichi, a woman and a daughter who travels the land as a 'goze' or visually impaired woman who plays the traditional three-stringed shamisen. This woman, however, has a hidden talent.

Ichi is a Japanese sword play film from recent years that follows in the tradition of Zatoichi - the blind swordsman. Ichi, like Zatoichi, is blind and a swordswoman, and she seems to face some problems on the road.

Oct 25, 2008 · Ichi (Haruka Ayase) 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.

Following the footsteps of the blind masseur and swordsman Zatōichi comes Ichi, a woman and a daughter who travels the land as a 'goze' or visually impaired woman who plays the traditional three-stringed shamisen.