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      Love and Honor

      PG-13 Released Nov 2, 2007 2h 1m Drama Romance List
      81% 21 Reviews Tomatometer 84% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score The wife of a blind young samurai will do anything to defend her husband's honor. Read More Read Less
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      The third in director in Yoji Yamada's samurai trilogy is enjoyable, intricately made and well acted.

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      Tony S Despite having similar feel to previous entries. This is a very different movie, focused on a more realistic take of a 'blind samurai'. The highlight of the film is Takuya Kimura and his character. His juvenile attituded. And both mental and physical struggle to retain control of his life because of blind adherence to archaic tradition are very compelling. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/03/21 Full Review Audience Member Not as good as The Twilight Samurai or The Hidden Blade, but this film is a worthy successor of the two. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Never seen such a heartbreaking story like this. I could feel Shinnojo's pain. Loved it and now my new favorite jap film, next to 'Hariki' and 'Rashomon'. Such an incredible story. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member This third film (bushi no ichibun) in Yamada's jidaigeki trilogy (following The Twilight Samurai and The Hidden Blade) is a rather sombre affair, albeit with excellent production values. Takuya Kimura (from aging superstar boy-band SMAP) stars as a low-rank samurai engaged as a poison-tester of the Lord's meals who eats some bad fish and becomes blind. The consequences of this for his relationship with his wife and for his self-esteem are the focus of the story. Yamada maintains a good sense of the everyday reality of people's lives (although this is somewhat freer from grit and grime than you would expect), which keeps things from becoming too overwhelmingly tragic even though the events portrayed are pretty dire. I can't quite recall the earlier films in the trilogy but I suspect that they are rather better than this one - which is still a fine film (so, if you have to choose...). Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is incredible with such a talented cast. It's nomination for 13 Japanese Academy Awards was well deserved. Stamp of Judgement: Platinum Goods Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member i was never a fan of kimura takuya, but this movie definitely changed my perspective of him =) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      David Parkinson Empire Magazine Feudal honour is challenged by love with overwhelming consequences. Even die hard Zatoichi-ites will admire the deftness of Yamada's masterly direction. Rated: 4/5 Dec 12, 2008 Full Review Trevor Johnston Time Out It's a satisfying story, played out in decorous period surroundings of the classic warrior tale but Yamada's 79th film lacks any hint of surprise or excitement. Rated: 2/6 Dec 12, 2008 Full Review Wendy Ide Times (UK) The storytelling is all rather flat, as is the lighting. And the duel, when it finally comes, is something of an anticlimax. Rated: 2/5 Dec 12, 2008 Full Review Sergio F. Pinilla Cinemanía (Spain) Unites Ozu and Kurosawa's cinema. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Nov 5, 2020 Full Review Laura Hiros Rincón de cine Tradition, love and intimacy are intertwined in the beautiful Japanese film Love and Honor. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Mar 21, 2018 Full Review Don Willmott Filmcritic.com the movie has only one sword fight, and it consists of only three or four swings of the blade, but don't let that dissuade you. You won't be bored. Rated: 4/5 Jan 2, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis The wife of a blind young samurai will do anything to defend her husband's honor.
      Director
      Yôji Yamada
      Screenwriter
      Yôji Yamada
      Distributor
      The Bigger Picture
      Production Co
      Shochiku
      Rating
      PG-13 (Some Violent Content)
      Genre
      Drama, Romance
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 2, 2007, Limited
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jan 1, 2012
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $58.4K
      Runtime
      2h 1m