Year: 2002
Runtime: 137 mins
Language: Japanese
Director: Yojiro Takita
Kanichiro Yoshimura, a samurai and husband and father, struggles to provide for his family on the meager stipend from his rural clan. Driven by love for his wife and children, he departs for the city seeking better‑paying work to sustain them. He wrestles with the warrior’s code and poverty, hoping his sacrifice will restore dignity to his family.
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