Iwane: Sword of Serenity

2019

Japanese

6.4

♡ 5

Katsuhide Motoki Director

Pierre Taki as Bunroku Shishido

Sôkô Wada as Gennojyo Higashi

Tôri Matsuzaka as Iwane Sawaki

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Matsuyoshi

Iwane Sakazaki returns to his homeland and gets caught in the middle of an incident that results in the tragic death of two of his best friends from childhood. He decides to leave his domain, parting with his fiancée Nao, and becomes a vagrant masterless samurai with nothing more to lose. Iwane drifts to Edo, filleting eels during the day and working as a bodyguard at night for Imazuya, a reputable money exchanger. He gradually wins the trust of the people around him because of his mellow nature, the chivalrous way he treats everyone with courtesy, and his skills of swords. One day, he learns that Imazuya is being targeted in a conspiracy to sabotage a new monetary system implemented by the government, and Iwane decides to protect the people who have given him support.

The Lightning Tree

2010

Japanese

5.8

♡ 2

Action

based on novel or book

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Rai / Yu

Sôkô Wada as Suketarou Seta

Kengo Kôra as Tomozou

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.

The Legend & Butterfly

2023

Japanese

6.5

♡ 9

Keishi Ohtomo Director

Miki Nakatani as Kagamino

Tsutomu Takahashi as Katsuzaburo Ikeda

Takuya Kimura as Nobunaga Oda

Haruka Ayase as Nohime

Oda Nobunaga and Nōhime were originally married to mend a hostile relationship between neighbouring regions. Unfortunately, they were like oil and water, making for a somewhat unhappy marriage. When Oda's enemy, Imagawa Yoshimoto, attacks Owari with his vast army, Oda is devastated by the overwhelming gap in military strength. However, Nohime encourages him not to despair, and the pair draw up a tactical plan that will allow them to overcome the odds.

The Invisible Woman

2013

English

6.1

♡ 27

76%

older man younger woman relationship

Romance

Ralph Fiennes Director

Ralph Fiennes as Charles Dickens

Tom Burke as Mr. George Wharton Robinson

Felicity Jones as Nelly

Tom Hollander as Wilkie Collins

In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.

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