
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