Love and Honor (2006)

Love and Honor is a Japanese movie directed by Yoji Yamada and based on a novel by Shuhei Fujisawa. It premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2006 and was released by Shochiku in Japan on December 1, 2006.

The film stars Takuya Kimura of the pop group SMAP as a poor, but ambitious samurai named Shinnojo Mimura who’s blinded in a freak accident. Stripped of his status and his pride, his loving wife Kayo (Rei Dan) must make a great sacrifice to defend his honor.

Love and Honor was the final film of what is unofficially known as Yamada’s Samurai Trilogy. It was preceded by The Twilight Samurai in 2002 and The Hidden Blade in 2004.