Love and Honour - Bushi no ichibun
Drama, Japanese 2006
Director: Y?ji YamadaDirector: Nobuhiro Doi
My rating: 3
Key actors/actresses:
Takuya Kimura ... Shinnojo Mimura
Rei Dan ... Kayo Mimura
Mitsugoro Bando ... Toya Shimada
Story:
Shinnojo Mimura is a low ranking samurai whose job is to taste/test the food prepared for the Lord for poison. During one tasting, the ill-prepared seafood become poisonous and as a result, Mimura becomes blind. Life becomes very hard for the blind samurai and his wife Kayo was cheated by the chief of staff who pretends that he would help Mimura to secure his stipend despite his blindness. When Mimura found out about this, he decided he should defend his own name by challenging the chief of staff who is a well trained swordsman.
My review:
This is the last of the samurai trilogy by the great director Yoji Yamada, the other two films being The Hidden Blade and the Twilight Samurai. Yamada likes to portray samurai as a down to earth person who has many real things to worry about in life and the fact that they have a family and problems of their own just like everyone else. This is very different from most other films where the samurai somehow has unlimited money, meals are always cooked for, ends are always met and so they do extraordinary things.
Though all 3 samurai movies are well made (just as you would expect from Yamada), it is getting a bit plain watching the same ideas again. Nonetheless, this is still a good movie to watch and especially, we don't get to see Takuya Kimura acting in an ancient setting.
The Hidden Blade (buy from Amazon)
The Twilight Samurai (buy from Amazon)
Tutti
Cuisine: Italian in Cyberport
Address and tel.no
Shop 1-2 L1 The Annex, Cyberport
+852 2989 6006
Review:
We tried the high tea and there are lots of snacks!
Le Beaujolais Nouveau (annual wine event) - 17 Nov 2007
The annual wine event Le Beaujolais Nouveau organized by French Alumni Association.
Cheese & Wine party offered by the French Consulate to the new committee members of FAA - 16 Nov 2007
French Consultant welcoming the new committee members of French Alumni Association with Cheese and Wine!
Leglessbird Book Club Gathering - 1 Dec 2007
Leglessbird Book Club gathering - Share your favourite book with others
Date: Saturday, December 1, 2007
Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Caffe Habitu, G/F 8 Queen's Road East, Wanchai (outside Pacific Place 3)
Description
If you enjoy reading and want to meet others who do, come to our gathering and bring along your favourite book and share with others!
Last time, we shared 4 books together and had great chat
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (buy from Amazon) by John Perkins
The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary (buy from Amazon) by Joseph Michelli
Fooled by Randomness Revision (Not Available in US): The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and Life (buy from Amazon) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
And a book on back problem, what exercise can help.
老上海飯店 Lao Shang Hai Restaurant - Hairy Crab Dinner 10 Nov 2007
Cuisine: Shanghainese in Wan Chai
My rating: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 2
Price per person: HKD 500+ (with hairy crab)
Address and tel.no Novotel Century Hong Kong Hotel, 238 Jaffe Road, Wanchai
+852 2598 8888
It's the hairy crab season again! Yum yum!
E-Learning Conference in Nanjing 8-9 Nov 2007
E-learning conference with Cerbibo and nearly 300 attendants from many different universities in China
Fusion Fifth Floor
The Pemberton, 22-26 Bonham Strand E, 5th Floor, Sheung Wan
+852 2854 1801
Nice French Restaurant, a pleasant surprise, we found this restaurant as it is in the same building that I do boxing. I quite like the sweet pork, the nice seafood soup.