Love and Honor tells the story about a samurai food taster and his wife. Both, "A Tale of Samurai Cooking" and "Love and Honor" show that love can form and persist in turbulent times. Both illustrate that a true love story does not always have to follow a Cinderella storyline and can still be beautiful.

The Castle of Crossed Destinies takes place after the events of the 2012 drama. Sakai Masato is the lead of this movie as well.