1-Ichi

One winter afternoon, a school hallway echoes with Dai’s fists against lockers. Ichi watches, smiling. A new transfer student carves his name in blood across every challenger. Dai lies broken, begging for a fight he’ll never finish. A one-hit-wound vengeful dance schooler.

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Masato Tanno directed 1-Ichi in 2003. See Masato Tanno's full filmography, where to start with Masato Tanno, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masato Tanno.

1-Ichi was released in 2003 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 83 minutes.