

The Twilight Samurai
Visit website7.8/10 • 325
2002-11-02 • 2h 9m
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?
- Directors
- Yoji Yamada
- Editors
- Iwao Ishii

The Twilight Samurai
Visit website2002-11-02 • 2h 9m
7.8/10 • 325
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?
- Directors
- Yoji Yamada
- Editors
- Iwao Ishii
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsHiroyuki 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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Budget
- $5,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $7,372,769.00
- Keywords
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