After the Rain

(2000)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 102 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2000

Runtime: 91 мин

Country: France, Japan

Director: 小泉堯史

Cast: 寺尾聰, Йошико Миядзаки, 三船史郎, 井川比佐志, Хидэтака Ёсиока, Тацуя Накадай, Миэко Харада, 檀ふみ, 加藤隆之, 松村達雄

Plot

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.

Ihei Misawa and his wife Tayo, stranded by rains at a country inn, bring a great deal of happiness to the other residents of the inn by means of Ihei's generosity and good spirit. Ihei is a masterless samurai and fencing expert. Ihei comes to the attention of Lord Shigeaki, who hires him as fencing instructor for Lord Shigeaki's men. But Ihei's expertise causes friction and jealousy in Shigeaki's castle and his future there comes into doubt.