Hiroyuki Sanada
Seibei Iguchi
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The Twilight Samurai (たそがれ清兵衛, literally "Twilight Seibei") is a 2002 Japanese historical drama film co-written and directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa. 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.
- November 2, 2002
- Hiroshi Fukazawa, Shigehiro Nakagawa, Ichirō Yamamoto
Nov 2, 2002 · A low-ranking samurai struggles to balance his clan loyalties, family duties, and personal desires in feudal Japan. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-nominated film.
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- Drama, Romance
- Yôji Yamada
- 2002-11-02
Nov 2, 2002 · A 2002 Japanese drama about a low-ranking samurai who struggles to balance his family, career and social status in 1860s Japan. The film has a 99% critics rating and a 94% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 70 and 10,000+ reviews respectively.
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- Hiroyuki Sanada
- Yôji Yamada
- Drama
Dec 28, 2004 · Set in a northeastern province (Shonai) of late nineteenth century Japan, the film tells the story of Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada)--a low-ranking, debt-ridden samurai who, after losing his wife to consumption, struggles to care for his two young daughters and senile mother.
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- DVD
A low-ranking samurai struggles to balance his clan duties, family obligations, and personal desires in feudal Japan. He faces a duel, a marriage proposal, and a deadly mission in this drama based on a classic Japanese novel.
May 21, 2004 · A samurai accountant in 1868 Japan faces poverty, disgrace and a deadly assignment in this Oscar-nominated film by Yoji Yamada. Roger Ebert praises the film's muted tones, beautiful re-creation and extraordinary conversation between Seibei and Yogo.
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A low ranking samurai struggles to support his family and honor his code in the late nineteenth century Japan. Watch the trailer and learn more about the drama, romance and historical film directed by Yoji Yamada.
