The plot revolves around a low level samurai who gets stripped from his sense of vision.

All of the actors were amazing but I especially liked the actress who played the wife character. She really shined in this movie.

The duel at the end was really satisfying as well.

What I liked about the movie really was that the MC was a well done flawed character. Usually from the samurai movies I've seen, they really underline the honor of a samurai and the main leads usually don't do obvious mistakes. But in this one, I really got mad with the main lead's actions towards his wife at one point.

[Spoiler part:

At one point, the wife tries to ask for help from a higher up but gets r*ped in return for SEVERAL times. And when she lets her husband know of what's happening, the guy divorces him.]

He did her so wrong, but I actually liked that portrayal of a samurai character. Normally - like I said, upon what I've seen so far - when movies want to show the corrupt side of the samurai, they usually create another character, a villain against the MC. Sure, there was one, but the MC was also to blame; he was arrogant AF, didn't trust his LITERAL wife (who keeps showing hm too much love that he didn't deserve tbh).

Also, women sadly weren't given too much importance in true history anyway... So what he did [the part in the spoiler section] was actually so much better than what would have usually happened to a woman who did the same thing irl, and I liked that they decided to show this gritty realism as well. Reality isn't pretty...

Fortunately at the end of the movie, he realizes the truth and the damage he caused prior. And that is exactly what I liked: He realized his mistakes and acted upon it.

[Spoiler part:

I was really hoping she would come back at the end, and almost cried when he held her hand once again. That was really emotional!]