The Twilight Samurai

Movie

2002

2h 9m

Japanese

Drama, Romance

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The Twilight Samurai

Movie

2002

2h 9m

Japanese

Drama, Romance

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?

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Cast

Seibei Iguchi

Tomoe Iinuma

Choubei Kusaka

Michinojo Iinuma

Zenemon Yogo

Toyotaro Koda

Naota

Ito Iguchi

Older Ito Iguchi

Kinu Iguchi

Tozaemon Iguchi

Yae Iinuma

Yazaki

Sekiguchi

Kawanami

Gonbei Terauchi

Gemba Hattori

Tane

Shichijuro Ohtsuka

Kinnosuke Nakamura II

Samurai Lord

Chief Retainer Hori

Pageboy

Tozaemon's Attendant

Directed By: Yoji Yamada

Written By: Yoji Yamada (Screenplay), Yoshitaka Asama (Screenplay), + 1 more

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Random Cinephile says...

8 years ago

Yoji Yamada captures the "twilight" of the samurai era in the first entry of his "Samurai Trilogy". The change of a system happens even in a remote Japanese village. The director uses a naturalistic, quiet style to portray the story of our main protagonist.

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Maitre_méchant says...

3 months ago

Very good movie; the film addresses many themes that are present in Harakiri. I also really liked the music and the actors.

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Maarten Delfgou says...

2 years ago

The original title of the film is Tasogare Seibei.

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