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Love and Honor (2008)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:9
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.3/10
Theatrical Release:Jun 20, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Shinnojo Mimura(Takuya Kimura) as a lower-ranked samurai who is employed by his clan as a poison taster to the load of the clan has lived thrifty but happy life with his beautiful wife Kayo(Rei... [More]
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Reviews for Love and Honor
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 4/5 |
the movie has only one sword fight, and it consists of only three or four swings of the blade, but don't let that dissuade you. You won't be bored. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A very satisfying tale that emphasizes one of the genre's key themes: The deepest wound a samurai may suffer does not come from any blade. Full Review |
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 2.5/5 |
dyskoleyetai na kratisei ypo elegho toys melodramatismoys tis, kai sto deytero miso tis se krataei men me sfigmena ta heria ap' tin agonia, katorthoma, omos, poy den eimai sigoyros oti einai kai toso dyskolo, otan s' ehei paei os ekei me ta sagonia tentom Full Review |
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Final installment in samurai trilogy that features a blind swordsman in an utterly distinct fashion from the Zatoichi movies--a far more vulnerable and far more believable hero. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
An impeccably made classic Japanese period picture in which a nobility of spirit is tested amid the most beautiful of settings, revealing the harshness and hypocrisy of a feudal society of the utmost formality and rigidity. Full Review |
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Thanks to its focus on internal struggle and domestically confined drama, Love and Honor is the wilting lily of Yamada’s trilogy, albeit an exceptionally satisfying romance. Full Review |
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B+ |
Gracefully directed, deliberately paced and intentionally free of the action you'd expect from a samurai film, all of which makes its climactic confrontation that much more effective. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It's an exquisitely crafted melodrama, moving with stately grace toward an understated yet forceful quest for revenge. Full Review |
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B |
The film is void of action until a final duel that is staged with a believability that makes the supernatural skill displayed in most blind swordsman films seem preposterous. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Love and Honor is a welcome affirmation of Yamada’s determination to maintain his historic workload, even while in his 70s. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Might work as a short story but as a full-length makes for a long, slow round of watch-checking. Full Review |
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