ICHI
ICHI
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| 製作年 | 2008 | Year | 2008 | |
| 上映時間 | 120分 | Running Time | 120min. | |
| 製作国 | 日本 | Coutnry | JAPAN | |
| 言語 | 日本語 | Language | JAPANESE | |
| 原作 | 子母澤寛 「座頭市物語」 |
Original Story | Kan SHIMOZAWA | |
| 監督 | 曽利文彦 | Director | Fumihiko SORI | |
| 脚本 | 浅野妙子 | Screenplay | Taeko ASANO | |
| キャスト | 綾瀬はるか 中村獅童 窪塚洋介 大沢たかお |
Cast | Haruka AYASE Shidou NAKAMURA Yosuke KUBOZUKA Takao OSAWA |
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| ©2008 映画「ICHI」製作委員会 | ©2008 ICHI Film Partners | |||
あらすじ
一座で旅をしながら三味線と唄で暮らしを立てる盲目の女たち“瞽女（ごぜ）”。男と寝た瞽女は一座を離れなければならない。
そんな“離れ瞽女”の一人、市は居い抜きの達人だった。心の傷から刀が抜けない浪人・藤平十馬は、一の腕を知り、その後を追う。
２人が着いた宿場町では、町を仕切る白河組が山に根城を持つ万鬼党と対立していた。白河組が十馬を用心棒に雇ったことから、
市と十馬は、両者の抗争に巻き込まれて行く・・・。
STORY
Ichi is a goze (= a blind woman singer) carrying only a shamisen (= a traditional Japanese stringed instrument) and a walking stick, traveling on her own to find a man who has brought her up, and cared for her as a child. Because she is unable to see, people treat her coldly and take advantage of the fact that she is blind. However, Ichi does not stand silently to the treatment, and fights back with her unusual skill with swords, using the sword hidden inside her walking stick.
An incident brings her to meet Toma who is also traveling alone. He has tried to save Ichi from the Bankito Yakuza group, but ends up showing his awful skills in swordplay, and is saved by Ichi in return. Ichi unwillingly starts traveling together with Toma, and comes upon the village, where the Bankito group, led by the inhuman heartless Banki, is taking charge. They also run into Toraji, who is the successor of the Shirakawa Group, who tries to keep order of the village apart from Banki. Toma offers to help, but Ichi is uninterested, until she finds that Banki might know the man she was looking for.
Now the deadly battle between the Bankito and Shirakawas are about to begin…
解説
盲目のダークヒーロー・座頭市を目の不自由な芸者・瞽女をヒロインとして設定し、「ピンポン」、「VEXILLE」で注目される曽利文彦がメガホンをとった意欲作。
INTRODUCTION
“Zatoichi” has always been known for its masculine, virile character. A lonesome blind swordsman in search for justice. In ICHI, we bring back this character, but replacing the main character as a female. She carries a shamisen (traditional Japanese instrument), and wonders about, to find a place for herself in life. Because she is a female, and is unable to see, there are always people who try to take advantage of her. The yakuzas treat her even more coldly then others. She is even dismissed by the others who are in the same position as her. However, Ichi stands tall in dignity. It may be that because this character, who fights with pain every time she swings her swords, is a woman that the audience will be able to feel her sorrow and the sting in the heart of the difficulty to live. It is also through the eyes that she cannot see, that the audience will reach her soul, and her true relief when she finally connects with others by finding friendship, and love. The swordplay will be done in a classic form with intensity, but shot in a truly SORI style - with a stylized and the most advanced visual effects. The story follows ICHI where her emotions burst and with action sequences which will sure to pull in the audiences.