Hiroyuki Sanada,
Rie Miyazawa,
Nenji Kobayashi,
Ren Osugi,
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
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Veteran filmmaker Yoji Yamada -- who is perhaps most famous for cranking out most of the 48 films of the Tora-san series -- directs this good-natured drama set in the waning years of the Edo period (1... read more
DVD Release Date: December 28, 2004
Stats: 889 reviews
Touching, low-key melodrama on the personal side of a japanese warrior / salaryman.
Bonus points for cool alternate language titles: Le Samouraï du Crépuscule and Samurai in der Dämmerung.
Awesome Japanese 'Jane Austen' samurai drama flick. The direction of the film is beautifully impressionist. Yôji Yamada crafts pictures of everyday life which gives us an inherent understanding of the life of Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada), a low-ranking widowed samurai with a s... read more
The Twilight Samurai tells of gentle tale of the sacrifices of a determined father and brave warrior who is burdened, but refuses to succumb to the weight of his responsibilities to his family and clan. Impressive perspective on Japanese history and tradition. Skillful performanc... read more
A rather quiet film, The Twilight Samurai is a gentle, insightful, beautiful piece about a widower who works as a dull accountant for a war lord. And, oh yes, he happens to be a hell of a good swordsman when necessary. He reluctantly fights and only seeks to do exactly enough to... read more
This Oscar nominated historical drama stars Hiroyuki Sanada as a junior samurai with far less interest in battle than caring for his young daughters and senile mother causing him to be a source of amusement to his colleagues and embarrassment to his extended family. This is a ver... read more
The harsh ways of the samurai life. No glamour or heroic battles, just a man trying to survive in a very elitist society.
the great underdog story. a man who should struggle between the path of glory and being a good father, he really doesnt struggle at all. fatherhood comes first for the main character much to the suprise of the other samurai. a story about a man who seems lost to all around him... read more
Ito: With a sick wife, two young daughters and an aged mother in his care, my father was unable to drink with his colleagues. He had to hurry home every evening at dusk. I was told the men he worked with gave him the cruel nickname of 'Twilight Seibei'.
Twilight Samurai is about... read more
All you need to do this Easter is...
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...Smile!
*flies to Denver*
Hiroyuki Sanada breaks from samurai movie tradition has a role as the clans lowest cast of retainers. Although skilled with a sword he chooses to take care of his daughters and his mother who suffers from Alzheimers over the money, glory and late nights on the town with the other... read more
As Iguchi, Mr. Sanada epitomizes the kind of man who can still dream and be true to himself amid the daily grind and turmoil. That's a welcome role model in any age. Full Review
About the last days of an era, whittled to a poetic vision of a worthy, solitary man. Full Review
This is an old man's movie in all the good ways: gentle, humanistic, rich with observation, quietly aware of all that can't be solved by the sword. Full Review
Viewers who stick around will be rewarded with a complex, moving domestic drama -- and a couple of duels. Full Review
This is an absolutely brilliant film but in a quiet way. Full Review
[Yamada] does an exquisite job of balancing emotions, even throwing in a little levity without detracting from the impact of the narrative. Full Review
The Twilight Samurai is one action movie older movie audiences should love as much as younger ones. Full Review
The closing third of the film is magnificent in the way it gathers all we have learned about Seibei, and uses it to bring depth to what could have been a routine action sequence, but is much more. Full Review
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