06 Sep 2003
Zatoichi
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
ICHI
Justice is blind.
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. Fortunately for Ichi, she is also a gifted swordswoman and carries a lethal blade within her walking stick.
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綾瀬はるか Ichi
窪塚洋介 Toraji Shirakawa
大沢たかお Toma Fujihira
中村獅童 Banki
杉本哲太 Blind Man
横山めぐみ Toma's Mother
竹内力 Banki No. 2
佐田真由美 Mitsu
Tetsuo Yamashita 
斎藤歩 
手塚とおる 土屋久美子 
並樹史朗 
渡辺えり 
山口祥行 
柄本明 
中野裕斗 
増本庄一郎 Ryosuke Shimada 
勝矢
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