The Twilight Samurai

7.82002DramaRomance

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?

Original titleたそがれ清兵衛

Release2002-11-02

Runtime129 min

StatusReleased

CountriesJapan

Original languageJA

SpokenJapanese

DirectorYoji Yamada

WritersShuhei Fujisawa, Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada

ProductionShochiku, Sumitomo Corporation, Hakuhodo, Nippan Group Holdings, Eisei Gekijo, Nippon Television Network Corporation

Votes378

Popularity7