The Twilight Samurai

• 7.8 Drama
• 2002-11-02
• 129 minutes mins

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?

Starring:

Hiroyuki Sanada (Seibei Iguchi) Rie Miyazawa (Tomoe Iinuma) Nenji Kobayashi (Choubei Kusaka) Mitsuru Fukikoshi (Michinojo Iinuma) Min Tanaka (Zenemon Yogo) Ren Osugi (Toyotaro Koda) Hiroshi Kanbe (Naota) Miki Ito (Kayano Iguchi) Ito Senba (Ito Iguchi) Keiko Kishi (Older Ito Iguchi)

Director:

Yoji Yamada

Writer:

Yoshitaka Asama Yoji Yamada