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The Twilight Samurai
The Twilight Samurai

The Twilight Samurai

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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?

Others

Budget

$5000000

Revenue

$7372769

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

129 mins

Rating

7.774/10

Release Date

02 November 2002

Country

Japan

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Seibei Iguchi

Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa

Tomoe Iinuma

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Choubei Kusaka

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Michinojo Iinuma

Min Tanaka

Min Tanaka

Zenemon Yogo

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Toyotaro Koda

Hiroshi Kanbe

Hiroshi Kanbe

Naota

Miki Ito

Miki Ito

Kayano Iguchi

Ito Senba

Ito Senba

Ito Iguchi

Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi

Older Ito Iguchi

Reiko Kusamura

Reiko Kusamura

Kinu Iguchi

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Tozaemon Iguchi

Kanako Fukaura

Kanako Fukaura

Yae Iinuma

Makoto Akatsuka

Makoto Akatsuka

Yazaki

Masahiro Sato

Masahiro Sato

Sekiguchi

Masayasu Kitayama

Masayasu Kitayama

Kawanami

Baijaku Nakamura

Baijaku Nakamura

Gonbei Terauchi

Yuuki Natsusaka

Yuuki Natsusaka

Gemba Hattori

Takai Mizuno

Takai Mizuno

Tane

Toshinori Omi

Toshinori Omi

Shichijuro Ohtsuka

Kinnosuke Nakamura II

Kinnosuke Nakamura II

Samurai Lord

Keishi Arashi

Keishi Arashi

Chief Retainer Hori

Rio Ishino

Rio Ishino

Pageboy

Norio Sato

Norio Sato

Rickshaw Driver

Senri Sakurai

Senri Sakurai

Tozaemon's Attendant

Jun Maeda

Jun Maeda

Setsuko Tanaka

Setsuko Tanaka

Tsukasa Sugawara

Tsukasa Sugawara

Ryota Sato

Ryota Sato

Koichi Taniguchi

Koichi Taniguchi

Teruhiko Tanaka

Teruhiko Tanaka

Takako Miyajima

Takako Miyajima

Sachiko Takada

Sachiko Takada

Mayu Komori

Mayu Komori

Takahiro Kuriya

Takahiro Kuriya

Atsushi Yoshikawa

Atsushi Yoshikawa

Kenji Yoshida

Kenji Yoshida

Takashi Yamazaki

Takashi Yamazaki

Shinya Amako

Shinya Amako

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