During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo and Samon as he leaves their clan's fiefdom on the northwest coast of Japan (Unasaka) to take an important position within the shogunate in far away Edo. Munezo has lived modestly with his mother and sister Shino after his father was forced into suicide after the failure of a bridge project. Kie, a farm girl serves them as a maid in their house. As time passes, Munezo's sister marries Samon, his mother dies, Kie is married into a merchant family, and he is required to learn western methods of warfare such as the use of artillery and firearms from an official sent from Edo. Learning that Kie is ill due to abuse, he rescues her from her husband's family. Although sharing mutual affection and respect, a marriage between Munezo and Kie is still impossible due to different castes, and when he, now a bachelor, is criticized for her serving in his house, Munezo sends her back to her father's farm. After being caught in a failed political intrigue, Yaichiro is sent home in disgrace and imprisoned in solitary confinement. After Yaichiro escapes, Munezo is ordered to prove his innocence from complicity by killing his old friend, and he seeks the help of his old teacher, the sword master Kansai Toda. Although Yaichiro had been the better swordsman when they studied together, Toda entrusted the secret of the "Hidden Blade" only to Munezo. Toda now teaches him a new technique to use as he prepares to face Yaichiro, who has taken hostages in a farm house.
A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.
This is a very enchanting and sensitive drama, beautifully filmed, which gives us westerners a very different peek into Japanese life in the late 1800&#39;s. The plot is well outlined by others on this site, so no need for me to go into it, other than to say that it takes a very different angle of view to every other Japanese historical film that I have seen to date. The characters are very like some of my friends and neighbours - totally real, and very believable. Many historical Japanese films have the characters shouting harshly at one another throughout the movie. This one is very different. These Japanese actually speak like real people!!!! The swordplay is real and not the stuff of Jeddi Knights! The film has that genuine &quot;handmade&quot; stamp and a &quot;homemade&quot; and wholesome flavour - and not that of some franchise.<br/><br/>This movie is a keeper, one to be enjoyed many times over and its subtleties savoured again and again. Very fine acting, excellent direction and beautiful cinematography - watch it for just the craftsmanship if for nothing else! I highly recommend this film.
This is a long and, frankly, not very interesting Samurai film, set in the mid-19th century. Shogen Hori (Ken Ogata), the Chief Retainer, is a crafty, self indulgent type who takes advantage of people at every turn. Yaichiro Hazama (Yukiyoshi Ozawa), a Samurai retained by Hori, leaves to join a Shogenate in Edo. But he returns in disgrace, having been mixed up in an aborted palace coup in Edo. Hazama is imprisoned, but then escapes.<br/><br/>The central protagonist, another Samurai, Munezo Katagiri (Masatoshi Nagase), is then required by Hori to prove he was not in league with Hazama by killing him. When they practiced long ago, Hazama was the better swordsman of the two. But this time Katagiri buffs up his skills with his old master teacher, who gives him a couple of new tricks to use.<br/><br/>The whole business is complicated, and Mr. Nagase doesn&#39;t seem to have the chops to sustain his central role in a manner that compels interest. He&#39;s not the fascinating character that was played by Hiroyuki Sanada in Yôji Yamada&#39;s earlier film, &quot;Twilight Samurai.&quot; As in that film, &quot;Hidden Blade&quot; observes a lot about marriage and domestic life of the Samurais but offers very little combat, and that only at the end, so Samurai action junkies are forewarned that this might not be the movie for you. My grade: low B 6.5/10.
Both epic and intimate, this impassioned samurai drama is for anyone who's ever watched a movie and muttered, "They just don't make 'em like they used to."

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