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The Twilight Samurai
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?
2002 · Directed by Yoji Yamada · 129 min · Drama · Romance · 32 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada
- Cinematography: Mutsuo Naganuma
- Edited by: Iwao Ishii
- Music: Isao Tomita
- Production design: Yoshinobu Nishioka
- Produced by: Hiroshi Fukazawa, Shigehiro Nakagawa, Ichiro Yamamoto
Cast
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Seibei Iguchi
- Rie Miyazawa as Tomoe Iinuma
- Nenji Kobayashi as Choubei Kusaka
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Michinojo Iinuma
- Min Tanaka as Zenemon Yogo
- Ren Osugi as Toyotaro Koda
- Hiroshi Kanbe as Naota
- Miki Ito as Kayano Iguchi
- Ito Senba as Ito Iguchi
- Keiko Kishi as Older Ito Iguchi
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: Shochiku, Sumitomo Corporation, Hakuhodo, Nippan Group Holdings
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $7,372,769
- Themes: daughter, japan, samurai, based on novel or book, sword, mission of murder, teacher, sword fight, honor, period drama
On this film
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