This is yet another take on the long-running Zatoichi property. This one is about a goze (Japanese for 'blind woman', traditionally musicians) searching for a blind swordsman who may or may not have been her father.Ichi (Haruka Ayase) was cast out of her goze guild for losing her virginity, even though it wasn't consensual. She runs into a samurai (Takao Osawa) who is unmatched on the practice field...but can't actually draw his katana in combat. Ichi whips some ass with her cane sword and the samurai gets the credit. Unfortunately, the ass that was whipped belonged to a bandit named Banki (Shido Nakamura). Banki has a hold on an inn town and is also missing an eye, courtesy of a blind swordsman.
It's a decent "girl" version of the story, which can't be said of most. Worth the rental.
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