Posted on July 31, 2015 | Comments Off on Love and Honor (2006) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
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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Tags: Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata, Mitsugorô Bandô, Nenji Kobayashi, Rei Dan, Takashi Sasano, Takuya Kimura, Yôji Yamada
Posted on January 31, 2015 | Comments Off on Isoroku (2011) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku / Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
Biography | Drama | War
Admiral Yamamoto was the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor 1941. The strategy was crystal clear – to strike as hard and as unexpectedly as possible. With the element of surprise as their primary weapon, they succeeded in doing the impossible, taking the U.S. by surprise and knocking out one of the world's most powerful navies. Yamamoto was marked for death by radical Japanese nationalists for his outspoken opposition to any attack on the United States. What dramatic turn of events could have possibly compelled him to orchestrate the infamous early morning raid?
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô, Akira Emoto
Director: Izuru Narushima
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Tags: Akira Emoto, Hiroshi Abe, Izuru Narushima, Koji Yakusho, Mitsugorô Bandô, Shûichi Azumaya
