The legend of a blind swordsman who takes on – and defeats – just about any bad guy who messes with him as he wanders from town to town is ubiquitous in Japanese action cinema. The twist that director Fumihiko Sori puts on it is to make the battling blade master a beautiful young woman (Haruka Ayase). And it works. The action is well done, but what makes Ichi more than just another blood-spattered kung-fu movie (not that there's anything wrong with that)is the fact that Sori takes the time to let the characters develop as people and not just sword-wielding action figures.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Ichi
The legend of a blind swordsman who takes on – and defeats – just about any bad guy who messes with him as he wanders from town to town is ubiquitous in Japanese action cinema. The twist that director Fumihiko Sori puts on it is to make the battling blade master a beautiful young woman (Haruka Ayase). And it works. The action is well done, but what makes Ichi more than just another blood-spattered kung-fu movie (not that there's anything wrong with that)is the fact that Sori takes the time to let the characters develop as people and not just sword-wielding action figures.
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