Love and Honor
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.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Released
- 2006
- Country
- Japan
Details
Release year: 2006
Storyline
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.
Top credits
Takuya Kimura — Shinnojo Mimura
Rei Dan — Kayo Mimura- Mitsugorô Bandô — Toya Shimada
- Takashi Sasano — Tokuhei
Did you know
• In the film it is mentioned repeatedly that the main character of Shinnojo Miura receives a yearly stipend of 30 koku. During the Edo period of Japan a koku was a unit of measure that had the equivalent of one year's worth of rice for a person (approx. 150 kg). For a samurai 30 koku was a small salary and Shinnojo was thus of a low level. Incidentally, the title character from another of Yôji Yamada's films The Twilight Samurai (2002) also receives a 30 koku stipend after having 20 koku deducted from his 50 koku salary to pay for his recently deceased wife's funeral.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $60,910
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $5,234 (2008-05-04)
User reviews
Exploding the blind samurai myth.
A Nutshell Review: Love and Honor
the suffering of a good man
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
