Japan Synopsis
蝉しぐれ
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.
The 2004–2006 Japan Window
347 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Samurai I Loved sits at position #147.
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Samurai I Loved premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,067 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #914 of 1,933 (top 47%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 2h 11m |
| Release Date | October 1, 2005 |
| IMDb | tt0455748 |