Bushi no ichibun [videorecording] = Love and honor / Shochiku ; TV Asahi Corporation ; producers, Hiroshi Fukasawa, Ichiro Yamamoto ; directed and written by Yoji Yamada.
Title from container. Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Takashi Sasano. Based on the novel "Mōmoku ken kodamagaeshi" by Fujisawa Shūhei. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Summary:
Depicts the emotional intensity of an age when respect was more valuable than riches and love cut more truly than any sword. Shinnojo Mimura is a samurai, sharing a hand-to-mouth life with his beautiful wife, until he goes blind, and loses everything.
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