The Samurai I Loved

Bunshiro Maki, a master swordsman, remains trapped at the bottom of the rigid samurai hierarchy. His life fractures when his father is forced to commit seppuku after being accused of treason, and his childhood love Fuku is sent to Edo as a clan lord's concubine. Years later, upon discovering a sinister plot to assassinate Fuku and her infant son to secure the succession, Maki defies the entire feudal order. Recruiting two loyal childhood friends, he embarks on a desperate race against time and powerful foes, where more than lives—honor itself—hangs in the balance.