The Samurai I Loved
Directed by: Mitsuo Kurotsuchi
Cast: Ken Ogata, Mieko Harada, Yoshino Kimura
A young samurai stuck at the bottom of the hierarchical order attempts to rescue his childhood sweetheart from an evil clanlord after learning of a plot to kill her and her infant child.
Bunshiro Maki is a skilled swordfighter who's lethal with a blade, yet still can't rise through the ranks of the system.
Following his father's forced seppuku, Bunshiro and his mother are left with nothing but a meager income and the shame of his father's alleged treason. After years of dedicating himself to swordsmanship, and trying to forget the memory of his childhood love, Fuku, he becomes a crop inspector for the fief and finds himself ensnared by the same devious retainers that cost his father his life.
When he finds that Fuku, now one of the Lord's concubines, is also an unwilling pawn in the same deadly game, Bunshiro is forced to confront an undying love thought to be buried long ago, but which is bound by the strings of fate.
2009 Color Anamorphic Widescreen 131 Min.
Japanese with Removable English subtitles.
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