Love and Honor (2006 film)

Love and Honor
Bushi no Ichibun
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Eriko Hiramatsu
Ichiro Yamamoto
Based onThe Blind Sword: Echo of Vengeance
by Shūhei Fujisawa
Produced byJunichi Sakamoto
Takeo Hisamatsu
Hiroshi Fukazawa
Ichiro Yamamoto
StarringTakuya Kimura
Rei Dan
Takashi Sasano
Bandō Mitsugorō X
CinematographyMutsuo Naganuma
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byIsao Tomita
Distributed byJapan Shochiku
USA Funimation
Release dates
  • October 20, 2006 (2006-10-20) (TIFF)
  • December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01) (Japan)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$33,755,574

Love and Honor (武士の一分, Bushi no Ichibun; literally "Warrior's Honor") is a 2006 film set in Japan of the Edo period. It is the final film in Yoji Yamada's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy, following Twilight Samurai (2002) and The Hidden Blade (2004).