The Twilight Samurai

2002
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The Twilight Samurai
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Title: The Twilight Samurai

Original Title: Tasogare Seibei

Year: 2002

Info

  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 129 Minutes (2 hours 9 min)
  • Budget: $5,000,000
  • Genre: Drama Romance

Release Dates

  • UK: April 16 2004

Plot

Seibei Iguchi is a low-ranking samurai living in the fading days of the Shogun period in Japan. His wife has died of tuberculosis, and with two daughters and an elderly mother to support, he and his family must survive in austerity. The divorce of his childhood friend Tomoe leads him into a confrontation with her violent ex-husband, a high ranking samurai, and Seibei triumph against all odds.

Just Seibei as begins to dream that despite his impoverishment he might win the hand of the long loved Tomoe, he is caught in the shifting turmoil of the times. His superiors, having heard of his sword-fighting prowess, order him on a dangerous mission: kill a renowned warrior who is on the wrong side of a clan power struggle.

Awards

Cast

Director:

Yôji Yamada Yôji Yamada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Seibei Iguchi

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Toyotaro Koda

Min Tanaka

Min Tanaka

Zenemon Yogo

Soundtrack from 'The Twilight Samurai'

Kimerareta Rhythm

Interpretada por

Yosui Inoue

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