Love and Honor 2006 123movies

Watch: 武士の一分 2006 123movies, Full Movie Online – Shinnojo, a low level samurai, lives with his pretty, dutiful and loyal wife Kayo. He has come to find his position in a castle as a food-taster for a feudal lord to be boring and pointless, and talks about opening a kendo school open to boys of all castes where he can teach the use of the sword. Before he can act on his dream he becomes ill with a fever after tasting some sashimi made from shell fish, but an investigation reveals that the poisoning was not due to a human conspiracy, but a poor choice of food out of season. After three days he awakes but finds that the toxin from the food has blinded him. Kayo is summoned by Shinnojo’s family to explain how the couple will survive. His uncle laments that he no longer knows anybody with influence in the castle, and asks Kayo if she knows of anybody. She relates how Toya Shimada, the chief duty officer in the castle and a samurai of high rank, offered to help and they tell her to act upon his offer of assistance. A message from the castle brings the good news that Shinnojo’s stipend of rice will remain the same, and for life but his aunt tells him that Kayo was seen with another man. He has Tohuhei, his faithful servant, follow her. Kayo notices that she is being followed, and although Tokuhei offers to cover for her, she reveals to Shinnojo that Shimada offered to help but with a price, shown when he forced himself upon her. He then solicited two additional trysts by threatening to tell Shinnojo about the first. An enraged Shinnojo divorces her and orders her out of his house. When it is revealed to him that Shimada had nothing to do with maintaining his stipend, but that it came out of gratitude from the lord of the clan himself, Shinnojo seeks to renew his skill with the sword as a blind man to avenge the dishonor of Kayo. Through Tokuhei he sends a message to Shimada to set up a duel, with the additional message to not underestimate him. The two samurai meet at the stables near the river to decide their destinies..
Plot: A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband’s honor.
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Ratings:

	7.7/10 Votes: 4,016
	81% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 59 Popularity: 7.305 | TMDB

Reviews:

A period classic
This is a really good film. Slow paced, just like real life in the Edo jidai. A good story, excellent acting and it gives good insight to the daily life of a low level samurai. There’s a great atmosphere with not flashy but realistic scenery.

If you are looking for lots of action and swordplay, this isn’t for you. But I found this film strangely moving and quite beautifully arranged.

Well worth seeing.

Another Samurai Period Piece
This film is the third of Yoji Yamada’s samurai films, each a retelling of famed Japanese author Shohei Fujisawa’s short stories. This time around we are given a title character (Shinnojo Miura) who is married but unhappy with his life. For one, he takes no satisfaction in his job as a food taster and wishes to open up a sword school for children. However, his dreams never come to fruition due to a sudden illness that leaves Shinnojo blind for life. The story thus follows his tribulations as he comes to terms with his condition and how it changes his relationship with others.

For a samurai story this film has very little fighting. It takes place during the Edo Period which was a time of relative peace where samurai were mostly incorporated in to society as bureaucrats and public officials. This follows along the lines of the other two films by the same director (Twilight Samurai and Hidden Blade). Unfortunately, this third entry does not measure up in terms of story and acting. The main actor, Takuya Kimura is a passable actor but he lacks the defining qualities that convincingly show the subdued emotion and stoic mannerisms of a troubled samurai. Moreover, the climactic payoff at the end falls short because it is very predictable. If given the choice to see a samurai film go with Hidden Blade first, then Twilight Samurai, and finally this one.

Other Information:

Original Language ja
Runtime 2 hr 2 min (122 min), 2 hr 1 min (121 min) (Berlin International) (Germany)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Drama, History, Romance
Director Yôji Yamada
Writer Shûhei Fujisawa, Yôji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu
Actors Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugorô Bandô
Country Japan
Awards 15 wins & 16 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arriflex 535B, Zeiss Super Speed, Cooke Varotal and Angenieux HR Lenses
Laboratory Tokyo Laboratory Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Fuji Eterna 500T 8573)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (master format), Spherical (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Fuji Eterna-CP 3521XD)