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76% Critic Match
The Samurai I Loved
7.6 / 10• 2005• 2h 11m•NR• Japanese
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Storyline
A young samurai stuck at the bottom of the hierarchical order attempts to rescue his childhood sweetheart from an evil clan lord 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. After his father is accused of plotting against his clan and forced to commit ritual suicide, his longtime love Fuku is sent to Edo to become the clan lord's concubine. A few years later, Fuku has bore the clan lord a son. When Maki learns that the clan has hatched a plan to kill Fuku and her son to secure succession to the throne, he recruits two childhood friends to help thwart the diabolical plot.
Cast & Crew
Matsumoto Kōshirō X
Bunshiro Maki
Lead
Yoshino Kimura
Fuku
Koji Imada
Yonosuke Shimazaki
Ryo Fukawa
Ippei Kowada
Mieko Harada
Tose
Ken Ogata
Maki Sukezaemon
Yuko Nakamura
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Yoji Tanaka
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mitsuo Kurotsuchi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Samurai I Loved is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
