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20022h 9mNRJapanese

The Twilight Samurai

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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?

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DirectorYoji Yamada

Keywords

daughterjapansamuraibased on novel or bookswordmission of murderteachersword fighthonorperiod dramahistoricalwidowerjidaigekifeudal japan19th centuryhistorical romancebushibakumatsuearnestsincere
Budget$5M
Box Office$7M

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada as Seibei Iguchi

Hiroyuki Sanada

Seibei Iguchi

Rie Miyazawa as Tomoe Iinuma

Rie Miyazawa

Tomoe Iinuma

Nenji Kobayashi as Choubei Kusaka

Nenji Kobayashi

Choubei Kusaka

Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Michinojo Iinuma

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Michinojo Iinuma

Min Tanaka as Zenemon Yogo

Min Tanaka

Zenemon Yogo

Ren Osugi as Toyotaro Koda

Ren Osugi

Toyotaro Koda

Hiroshi Kanbe as Naota

Hiroshi Kanbe

Naota

Miki Ito as Kayano Iguchi

Miki Ito

Kayano Iguchi

Ito Senba as Ito Iguchi

Ito Senba

Ito Iguchi

Keiko Kishi as Older Ito Iguchi

Keiko Kishi

Older Ito Iguchi