Ichi - Japanese female Zatoichi blind sword fighter movie DVD 4 star!

A redux of the classic and long running Zatoichi franchise; Ichi is a blind musician who happens to have incredible sword fighting skills. In her quest to find the man who brought her up; she encounters numerous swindlers; villains; and gangsters who try to take advantage of her disability; but she fights back using the sword hidden inside her walking stick. Some time into her journey; she meets Toma; a cowardly samurai who Ichi ends up saving from the ruthless Banki gang. The pair unwittingly become entangled in a turf war between two factions vying for control of a pivotal village; while Ichi learns that the outcome of the conflict might determine if she will find the man she is looking for. Starring: Haruka Ayase, Shido Nakamura, Y“suke Kubozuka, Takao Osawa 120 min. English subtitled.