Love and Honor (Third of the Samurai Trilogy), 2006
Japanese, historical drama
1hour 58minutes
5 Stars
Shinnojo is another low-level samurai, who dreams of quitting and opening a dojo. He is a food taster for his lord, and ingests some bad fish sashimi, and goes blind. His lord keeps him on full salary, but his beautiful and loyal wife does not know this, and seeks the help of a high ranking samurai, who lies to her, and to help her husband, he forces her to submit to his lust. Shinnojo finds out she has an affair and banishes her. Then finds out he was wrong and she was raped. The duel follows. It has to be the best scene with a blind swordsman ever! He does not kill the man but removes his arm. Duels are illegal, the samurai says he doesn’t know the assailant. The wife is welcomed home.
personal note: I spent several years looking for this movie. I knew it was out there, but couldn’t find it. I found it the other day for sale for the low price of $95.00. I kept searching and found it streaming for free at LookMovie:
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And this morning I found a used copy at a much more reasonable price, when it arrives I will have all three.
