Twilight Samurai
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Yoji Yamada
Hiroyuki Sanada
Rie Miyazawa
Nenji Kobayashi
Ren ôsugi
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in the late nineteenth century, Seibei Iguchi is a low-ranking samurai whose wife has died of tuberculosis. With two daughters, Kayano and Ito, and an elderly mother to support, he and his family must survive in austerity. The moment that his daily work as a clerk, in one of the clans' warehouses is over, he hurries home, refusing to drink or eat with fellow samurai. Behind his back, his fellow samurai teasing him for his actions. The divorce of his childhood friend Tomoe leads him into a confrontation with her violent ex-husband, a high-ranking samurai. When word of Seibei's easy victory using only a wooden sword begins to circulate, his reputation for sword-fighting prowess begins to change his colleagues assessment of him. Just as Seibei begins to dream and think that despite his impoverishment he might win the hand of the long loved Tomoe, he is caught in the shifting turmoil of the times and is assigned, against his wishes, by his superiors to confront and kill a renowned warrior on the wrong side of a clan power struggle.
Director
Yoji Yamada
Cast
Hiroyuki Sanada
Rie Miyazawa
Nenji Kobayashi
Ren ôsugi
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Min Tanaka
Erina Hashiguchi
Miki Ito
Reiko Kusamura
Crew
Yoshitaka Asama
Mitsuo Degawa
Shuhei Fujisawa
Hiroshi Fukazawa
Yousui Inoue
Iwao Ishii
Kazuko Kurosawa
Hiroshi Kuze
Mutsuo Naganuma
Shigehiro Nakagawa
Isao Tomita
Yoji Yamada
Ichiro Yamamoto
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, January 8-19, 2004.
Released in United States April 30, 2004
Released in United States February 2003
Released in United States January 2004
Released in United States on Video December 28, 2004
Released in United States Spring April 23, 2004
Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Competition) February 6-16, 2003.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-19, 2004.
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-19, 2004.)
Released in United States February 2003 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Competition) February 6-16, 2003.)
Released in United States Spring April 23, 2004 (NY)
Released in United States April 30, 2004 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video December 28, 2004
