This 2002 Japanese movie is not a traditional samurai flick. It is about a lower caste samurai who would rather not fight, because he would rather care for his two daughters and his aging mother and love them fully. He does not go drinking with his work companions after the work day is done, he is quiet and modest, but his daughters adore him.
He is forced to fight, and it turns out he is quite good. So his clan calls on him again to fight for the clan. He declines, but is finally ordered to fight.
This is a character study of this one man. And of a time period that was seeing the reign of the samurai starting to slip away in Japan. This man know it will happen, and would love to simply be a farmer...but he has his family and their honor to think of too.
Really nice surprise of a movie. You come to really respect this samurai and the choices he makes.
The lead performance is very good, and the supporting cast is great. Would recommend this for something a little bit different.
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