The Twilight Samurai

– Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 9 Minutes
Release Year:
2002
Original Name:
たそがれ清兵衛
The Twilight Samurai (2002) - Also known as たそがれ清兵衛

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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The Twilight Samurai (2002) - Trailer

Release Date:

02 Nov 2002

Language:

Japanese

Director:

Yôji Yamada

Writer:

Shûhei Fujisawa (novels), Yôji Yamada (screenplay), Yoshitaka Asama (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Osugi

Plot:

Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without glory as a bureaucrat in the mid-XIX century Japan. A widower, he has charge of two daughters (whom he adores) and a senile mother; he must therefore work in the fields and accept piecework to make ends meet. New prospects seem to open up when Tomoe, his long-time love, divorces a brutal husband. However, even as the Japanese feudal system is unraveling, Seibei remains bound by the code of honour of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedences. The consequences are cruel.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 37 wins & 7 nominations.

Production:

Empire Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
99%
Metacritic:
82%