Love and Honor (2006) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi

Posted on July 31, 2015

Love and Honor / Bushi no ichibun (2006)

Drama | Romance

Shinnojo Mimura is a lower-ranked samurai who is employed by his clan as a poison taster. He has lived a thrifty but happy life with his beautiful wife Kayo and their old servant Tokuhei. However, his happiness comes to an end when he becomes blind after eating shellfish that is accidentally put into the lunch for the clan. Shinnojo cannot stand spending the rest of his life in darkness, so he tries to kill himself, but Kayo and Tokuhei manage to save his life, and he gradually becomes used to living without sight. Yet, one day Shinnojo finds out that Kayo has a relationship with the head clerk, Toya Shimada: in return for his recommendation for Shinnojo's position in the castle, he has demanded her body, and Shinnojo decides to divorce her. But when Shinnojo eventually figures out that Shimada merely took his pleasure with Kayo, he challenges the man to a duel.

Starring: Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugorô Bandô, Takashi Sasano, Kaori Momoi, Nenji Kobayashi, Ken Ogata
Director: Yôji Yamada

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TechInfo:
Love.and.Honor.2006.720p.BluRay.x264-WiKi

.Plot
Shinnojo, a low level samurai, lives with his pretty, dutiful and loyal wife Kayo. He has come to find his position in a castle as a food-taster for a feudal lord to be boring and pointless, and talks about opening a kendo school open to boys of all castes where he can teach the use of the sword. Before he can act on his dream he becomes ill with a fever after tasting some sashimi made from shell fish, but an investigation reveals that the poisoning was not due to a human conspiracy, but a poor choice of food out of season. After three days he awakes but finds that the toxin from the food has blinded him. Kayo is summoned by Shinnojo‘s family to explain how the couple will survive. His uncle laments that he no longer knows anybody with influence in the castle, and asks Kayo if she knows of anybody. She relates how Toya Shimada, the chief duty officer in the castle and a samurai of high rank, offered to help and they tell her to act upon his offer of assistance. A message from the …

TAGLINE……………….: Love and Honor
GENRE…………………: Drama | Romance
IMDb RATING……………: 7.8/10 (2,276 votes)
IMDb LINK……………..: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0483578/

.Release.Info
ENCODER……………….: mengbo @ WiKi
RELEASE DATE…………..: 2015-07-30
RELEASE SIZE…………..: 7.36 GB
SOURCE………………..: 1080p Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1-DIY-Anitafayer

.Media.Info
RUNTIME……………….: 02:02:03
VIDEO CODEC……………: x264_L4.1 @ 8000 Kbps
RESOLUTION…………….: 1280×692
FRAME RATE…………….: 23.976 fps
AUDIO CODEC……………: Japanese DD 5.1 @ 640 Kbps
CHAPTERS………………: Yes

.x264.Info
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1 @ pass2
x264 [info]: frame I:824 Avg QP:14.82 size:189870
x264 [info]: frame P:32262 Avg QP:17.24 size: 75575
x264 [info]: frame B:142490 Avg QP:19.12 size: 33184
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 0.8% 0.7% 2.9% 6.1% 14.0% 68.8% 4.9% 0.9% 0.8%

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