The Samurai I LovedMovie
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.
About The Samurai I Loved
The Samurai I Loved is a 2005 drama, romance, history movie directed by Mitsuo Kurotsuchi.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 11m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Matsumoto Kōshirō X, Yoshino Kimura, Koji Imada, Ryo Fukawa. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
