The Hidden Blade (2004)
Conflicts of love and loyalty for a good samurai.
Love And Honour (2006)
After a Samurai goes blind his wife makes a terrible sacrifice to try and help him, but is she doing so at the cost of their love?
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The samurai as a single parent in 19th century Japan.
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