The Twilight Samurai

The Twilight Samurai
2002
★★★★☆ 7.8/10
⏱️ 129 min
📅 Released
🌐 JA
DramaRomance
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?

Crew

Director
Yoji Yamada
Writer
Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada
Producer
Hiroshi Fukazawa, Tomiyasu Ishikawa, Tetsuo Suga

Production

Shochiku, Sumitomo Corporation, Hakuhodo, Nippan Group Holdings, Eisei Gekijo, Nippon Television Network Corporation

Keywords

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