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The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Directed by Yôji Yamada
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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?
Length 129 minutes
Actors
Hiroyuki Sanada | Rie Miyazawa | Nenji Kobayashi | Mitsuru Fukikoshi | Min Tanaka | Ren Osugi | Hiroshi Kanbe | Miki Ito | Erina Hashiguchi | Keiko Kishi | Reiko Kusamura | Tetsurō Tamba | Kanako Fukaura | Makoto Akatsuka | Masahiro Satô | Masayasu Kitayama | Baijaku Nakamura | Yuuki Natsusaka | Kii Mizuno | Toshinori Omi | Kinnosuke Nakamura II | Keishi Arashi | Rio Ishino | Norio Sato | Senri Sakurai | Astushi Maeda | Setsuko Tanaka | Tsukasa Sugawara | Ryôta Satô | Koichi Taniguchi | Teruhiko Tanaka | Takako Miyajima | Sachiko Takada | Mayu Komori | Takahiro Kuriya | Atsushi Yoshikawa | Kenji Yoshida | Takashi Yamazaki | Shinya Amako
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/12/2004 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 9 stars |
| (Average) 9 stars |
Viewing Notes
Think this was at CineArt in Evanston where Kevin and I went to see this. I was really moved by the solemnity and drive of Hiroyuki Sanada’s struggling samurai. Yes, it gets a bit cheesy at the end but I love this movie.
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