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The Twilight Samurai is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Yōji Yamada released in USA on 2 november 2002 with Hiroyuki Sanada

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Tasogare seibei

The Twilight Samurai
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Released in USA 2 november 2002
Length 2h9
Directed by
OriginJapon
Genres Drama,    Action,    Historical,    Romance
Rating80% 4.0475254.0475254.0475254.0475254.047525

The Twilight Samurai or Tasogare Seibei (たそがれ清兵衛, literally "Twilight Seibei") is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. Set in mid-19th century Japan, a few years before the Meiji Restoration, it follows the life of Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai employed as a bureaucrat. Poor, but not destitute, he still manages to lead a content and happy life with his daughters and senile mother. Through an unfortunate turn of events, the turbulent times conspire against him.

The Twilight Samurai was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards, Japan's first in twenty two years, losing to the French Canadian (Québec) film Les Invasions Barbares. The Twilight Samurai also won an unprecedented 12 Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay.

The film was inspired by the short story "The Bamboo Sword" by Shuhei Fujisawa.

Synopsis

At the start of the film, the main character, Iguchi Seibei, becomes a widower when his wife succumbs to tuberculosis. His wife receives a grand funeral, more than what a low-ranking samurai such as Seibei could afford. Seibei works in the grain warehouse, accounting for stores inventory for the samurai clan. His samurai colleagues mock him behind his back with the nickname Tasogare (Twilight). When evening approaches, Seibei rushes home to look after his senile elderly mother and two young daughters, Kayano and Ito, instead of bonding with his supervisor and other samurai colleagues over customary nights of dinner, geisha entertainment, and sake drinking. Even though he is a samurai, Seibei neglects his appearance, failing to bathe and being shabbily dressed. The well-being of his young daughters and medicine for his mother take priority over new clothes or the monthly bath fee and his daughters say they are both happy, even without a mother.

Actors

Hiroyuki Sanada

(Seibei Iguchi)
Rie Miyazawa

(Tomoe Iinuma)
Nenji Kobayashi

(Choubei Kusaka)
Ren Osugi

(Toyotaro Koda)
Mitsuru Fukikoshi

(Michinojo Iinuma)
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