The Twilight Samurai

The Twilight Samurai

2002

Movie Information

Overview

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?

Release Date

November 2, 2002

Director

Yoji Yamada

Runtime

2h 9m

Cast

Hiroyuki SanadaRie MiyazawaNenji KobayashiMitsuru FukikoshiMin TanakaRen OsugiHiroshi KanbeMiki ItoIto SenbaKeiko Kishi

Production

ShochikuSumitomo CorporationHakuhodoNippan Group HoldingsEisei GekijoNippon Television Network Corporation

Genres

DramaRomance

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