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Love and Honour Reviews

2008

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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
Director	Yôji Yamada
Genres	Drama, Romance, World Cinema

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- Somewhere in Bushido, the code of the samurai, there has to be an entry that warns against messing with another manâs... read more on Time Out
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- - Jonathan Messinger
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21
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- - 11
  - 0
  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.
  
  ... read more »
  
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  - Worthing
  - 01 Jul 2009 at 19:19
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- - 0
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  revisionist samurai drama
  
  Not quite as good as The Twilight Samurai but still an attempt to display the times with some modern attitudes.
  
  A reasonable watch.
  
  Report this review
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- - itstinks
  - 550 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 30 Dec 2010 at 12:22
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  Excellent Film!
  
  As one of the most recent Samurai Era films to be made in Japan you can really tell that much is being learnt from the past.
  
  Of the subtle touches to... read more »
  
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- - Tonoshi
  - 11 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 29 Mar 2010 at 14:27
- - 1
  - 2
  Really Struggled
  
  Found this hard going and hard to watch. Probably needed to make more of an effort but wasn't in the mood!
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Ell1981
  - 169 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Mar 2010 at 12:01
- - 0
  - 0
  A nice little story
  
  This is a story about a young samurai's struggle in the Edo Japanese period. The relationship between the talented samurai, his wife, their servant and the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - alisdair78
  - 4 reviews
  - London
  - 25 Feb 2010 at 09:51
- - 0
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  Beautiful Film
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Loved this film. A wonderful study of life in the Samurai era but concentrating more on the relationship between a young Samurai who loses his sight and his ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 29 Nov 2009 at 20:31
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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 ... read more »
  
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- - Lynn Rogers
  - Wales, UK
  - 11 Nov 2009 at 22:53
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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 ... read more »
  
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- - Lynn Rogers
  - Wales, UK
  - 11 Nov 2009 at 22:53
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  Fabulous fable
  
  As a fan of Samurai cinema I thought this was a fabulous film. Do not expect blood and gore, what you get is a wonderful view of life for a samurai in the Edo ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - Midlothian
  - 23 Jul 2009 at 10:50
- - 11
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  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.
  
  ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 778251
- - a customer
  - Worthing
  - 01 Jul 2009 at 19:19
View all members' reviews (9)

- - 11
  - 0
  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.
  
  ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 778251
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Worthing
  - 01 Jul 2009 at 19:19
- - 1
  - 0
  Fabulous fable
  
  As a fan of Samurai cinema I thought this was a fabulous film. Do not expect blood and gore, what you get is a wonderful view of life for a samurai in the Edo ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 787952
- - a customer
  - Midlothian
  - 23 Jul 2009 at 10:50
- - 1
  - 0
  Excellent Film!
  
  As one of the most recent Samurai Era films to be made in Japan you can really tell that much is being learnt from the past.
  
  Of the subtle touches to... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 877998
- - Tonoshi
  - 11 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 29 Mar 2010 at 14:27
- - 0
  - 0
  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 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 830198
- - Lynn Rogers
  - Wales, UK
  - 11 Nov 2009 at 22:53
- - 0
  - 0
  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 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 830199
- - Lynn Rogers
  - Wales, UK
  - 11 Nov 2009 at 22:53
- - 0
  - 0
  Beautiful Film
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Loved this film. A wonderful study of life in the Samurai era but concentrating more on the relationship between a young Samurai who loses his sight and his ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 835580
- - a customer
  - England
  - 29 Nov 2009 at 20:31
- - 0
  - 0
  A nice little story
  
  This is a story about a young samurai's struggle in the Edo Japanese period. The relationship between the talented samurai, his wife, their servant and the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 865858
- - alisdair78
  - 4 reviews
  - London
  - 25 Feb 2010 at 09:51
- - 0
  - 0
  revisionist samurai drama
  
  Not quite as good as The Twilight Samurai but still an attempt to display the times with some modern attitudes.
  
  A reasonable watch.
  
  Report this review
- 949646
- - itstinks
  - 550 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 30 Dec 2010 at 12:22
- - 1
  - 2
  Really Struggled
  
  Found this hard going and hard to watch. Probably needed to make more of an effort but wasn't in the mood!
  
  Report this review
- 873368
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Ell1981
  - 169 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Mar 2010 at 12:01

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