Love's Twisting Path

Running 1h 33m and made in Japan, Love's Twisting Path (2019) is a Drama film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Kengo Kora and Mikako Tabe; Sadao Nakajima directs. 8 votes put it at 6.8/10. Set in Kyoto in the last days of the Edo Period, the bloody conflict continues between local feudal domains, which aim to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the Shogun's police and city patrol. Tajuro Kiyokawa, once the master of the sword but now a depraved samurai who left his domain putting aside his past ambition, barely makes ends meet. Toyo, a woman who runs a tavern next door, feels affection for Tajuro who guards her place against nasty customers, but he never realizes Toyo's feelings.