*2006 Japanese Academy Awards Winner - Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Lighting & Rookie of the Year
*2006 Blue Ribbon Awards - Best New Actress
Shinnojo, a young samurai employed as a poison taster for his clan enjoys a peaceful life with his beautiful wife, Kayo. His dreams of opening a Kendo school are shattered when he tragically loses his eyesight after being poisoned. Feeling useless, he believes suicide is the only way, but his loving wife intervenes. Believing it the only way to maintain their income and household name, Kayo gives herself to Shinnojo’s superior, Shimada. Enraged, Shinnojo divorces Kayo, only to later discover that Shimada deceived her merely for his own pleasure. On a mission to reclaim lost honour and love, the blind Shinnojo challenges Shimada to a duel. A stunning finale to Yoji Yamada’s Samurai Trilogy masterpiece.
