Love and Honour
2008
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor. Read more
| Starring | Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugoro Bando, Takashi Sasano |
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| Director | Yôji Yamada |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, World Cinema |
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Love and Honour
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
| Starring | Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugoro Bando, Takashi Sasano, Kaori Momoi, Nenji Kobayashi, Ken Ogata, Makoto Akatsuka, Toshiki Ayata, Yasuo Daichi |
|---|---|
| Director | Yôji Yamada |
| Studio | ICA FILMS |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 1 min |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Japanese |
| Released | DVD: 22 Jun 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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Japanese journeyman Yamada achieved late recognition with his 2002 costume drama Twilight Samurai, and hes now... read more on Time Out
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Delicate Film, Beautiful Man
It helps to understand the era in which the film is set, and the social standards of that time, but really, it isn't difficult to understand.
Lucky to have a position with a clan when so many samurai were masterless, the main character is bored and would prefer to set up his own dojo to teach sword skills. Even with his abilities, he is a simple food taster for a lord he seldom even sees, never mind have a relationship with. But that was normal during the era of the samurai.
When he is affected by the food he tests, his life becomes meaningless and his role in his society becomes little more than a burden to those he knows. His wife, loving him, seeks help, and makes a sacrifice for him. When he finds out what she has done, the story really takes off.
Kimura Takuya is a gorgeous man, incredibly popular with the women of Japan, and he can act. Although this film is about the masculine subject of samurai and honour, at heart it is a woman's film. Don't expect a Babycart-esque bloodfest, because what you will see is a delicate, poignant little film that gently probes the life of a samurai in the Edo period -
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Better than expected
Very disappointed when I realised I'd rented a sub titled film, but this was well worth sitting out. Beautifully written and acted, stick with it, it's worth it.
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