LA Screening: THE SAMURAI I LOVED

[Jonathan M. Hall]

THE SAMURAI I LOVED

Thursday, February 21 ? 7:30 PM(SEMISHIGURE), 2005, 131 min.
Egyptian Theatre Phone(323) 466-3456
www.egyptiantheatre.com

Novelist Shuhei Fujisawa has had several of his emotionally complex  
samurai novels (including filmmaker Yoji Yamada?s THE TWILIGHT  
SAMURAI) translated to the screen. Here, director Mitsuo Kurotsuchi  
beautifully adapts Fujisawa?s saga of teenage samurai, Bunshiro  
(Somegoro Ichikawa), whose father (Ken Ogata, of VENGEANCE IS MINE)  
is embroiled in a political conspiracy that results in the  
patriarch?s forced ritual suicide. Banished from their farm home,  
Bunshiro and his mother end up residing in a hovel. But several years  
later, Bunshiro?s family is re-instated, and, in a surprise move, the  
clan leader appoints the young swordsman as the provincial  
magistrate. Complicating matters, Bunshiro discovers that his  
childhood sweetheart, Fuku (Yoshino Kimura), has been forced into  
becoming one of the lord?s concubines. Her accidental pregnancy by  
the nobleman will spur a profound, overlapping impact on Bunshiro and  
ignite a new plan to discredit the young man and his family. With  
Mieko Harada. Discussion following with director Mitsuo Kurotsuchi.

Special Screening ? Director Mitsuo Kurotsuchi In-Person!
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