The Samurai I Loved (蝉しぐれ) 18 years old

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.

Credits

The Samurai I Loved Cast

Name Character
Yoshino Kimura She was 29, now 48 years old as Fuku
Yūko Nakamura She was 30, now 49 years old
Ken Ogata He was 68, 71 years old when he died as Maki Sukezaemon
Mieko Harada She was 46, now 65 years old as Tose
Somegorô Ichikawa He was 32, now 51 years old as Maki Bunshiro
Ryo Fukawa He was 31, now 50 years old as Kowada Ippei
Koji Imada as Shimazaki Yonosuke

The Samurai I Loved Crew

Name Department
Mitsuo Kurotsuchi as Director. He was 58 (now 77) years old Directing
The Samurai I Loved poster
The Samurai I Loved (18 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, October 01, 2005
  • Runtime: 131 minutes