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Film Review: Bushi no Ichibun / Love and Honor (2006)brought to you by Lotus and Chrysanthemum

Still Life, Samurai-Style

by Ender’s Girl

The Cast:
Kimura Takuya, Dan Rei, Bando Mitsugoro, Sasano Takashi, Kobayashi Nenji, Momoi Kaori, Ogata Ken

Co-written and directed by Yamada Yoji / Shochiku Eiga, 2006

In a Nutshell:
Samurai Mimura Shinnojo and his wife Kayo find their comfortable life in disarray after a taste-testing session gone awry leaves Mimura blind — and unemployed. But as the two face an uncertain future in Tokugawa Japan, their relationship takes a sudden and unexpected turn for the worse .