Love and Honor
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Yoji Yamada
Takuya Kimura
Rei Dan
Takashi Sasano
Kaori Momoi
Mitsugoro Bando
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Shinnojo Mimura is a lower-ranked samurai who is employed by his clan as a poison taster. He has lived a thrifty but happy life with his beautiful wife Kayo and their old servant Tokuhei. However, his happiness comes to an end when he becomes blind after eating shellfish that is accidentally put into the lunch for the clan. Shinnojo cannot stand spending the rest of his life in darkness, so he tries to kill himself, but Kayo and Tokuhei manage to save his life, and he gradually becomes used to living without sight. Yet, one day Shinnojo finds out that Kayo has a relationship with the head clerk, Toya Shimada: in return for his recommendation for Shinnojo's position in the castle, he has demanded her body, and Shinnojo decides to divorce her. But when Shinnojo eventually figures out that Shimada merely took his pleasure with Kayo, he challenges the man to a duel.
Director
Yoji Yamada
Cast
Takuya Kimura
Rei Dan
Takashi Sasano
Kaori Momoi
Mitsugoro Bando
Ken Ogata
Nenji Kobayashi
Makoto Akatsuka
Toshiki Ayata
Koen Kondo
Nobuto Okamoto
Tokie Hidari
Yasuo Daichi
Crew
Mitsuo Degawa
Shuhei Fujisawa
Hiroshi Fukazawa
Emiko Hiramatsu
Takeo Hisamatsu
Iwao Ishii
Kazumi Kishida
Naomi Koike
Kazuko Kurosawa
Mutsuo Naganuma
Junichi Sakamoto
Isao Tomita
Yoji Yamada
Ichiro Yamamoto
Ichiro Yamamoto
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States Fall November 2, 2007
Released in United States February 2007
Released in United States September 5, 2008
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 8-18, 2007.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.
Based on the novel "Moumokuken Kodamagaeshi" written by Shuhei Fujisawa.
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.)
Released in United States February 2007 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 8-18, 2007.)
Released in United States September 5, 2008 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States Fall November 2, 2007
