Love and Honor – Bushi no ichibun (2006)

Love and Honor – Bushi no ichibun: Directed by Yôji Yamada. With Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugorô Bandô, Takashi Sasano. 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.

“So this is suppose to be Yôji Yamadau0026#39;s final movie in this style of samurai trilogy, the previous two films being u0026quot;The Twilight Samuraiu0026quot; and u0026quot;The Hidden Bladeu0026quot;. And this final installment is absorbing as the previous films to some degree but also lacks the entertainment value like the previous films as well. Although this trilogy is sort of dry in some aspects. This however has slightly more of a modern feel to it compared to the previous 2 films in this trilogy. But itu0026#39;s still a bit slow paced and dry at times, this trilogy isnu0026#39;t for everyone but it does have itu0026#39;s target audiences. The protagonist is played by Kimura Takuya which I was hesitant with, but he played his role pretty well. The progression of the story could have been paced a little quicker, but I can understand why it takes the slower route. But still the slow pacing really makes this movie dry and sort of dull at times. This movie is also very far from being action packed despite it having samurais, but what it does have is drama and emotions. And wanting to know what happens next kept me attached to this story, despite the pacing being so slow at times. If the pacing was slightly quicker the movie would have been better in my opinion and would keep majority of the audiences attention, so the main flaw in my opinion is the pacing. Overall itu0026#39;s a pretty good final in this trilogy although the story has nothing to do with each other besides the fact that it all revolves around samurais, itu0026#39;s worth at least a watch.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e7.6/10”