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Twilight Samurai, 2002

Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa

Directed by: Yoji Yamada

Written by: Yoji Yamada

Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Runtime: 129 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.1

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Twilight Samurai can be described as bittersweet, atmospheric, and sentimental. The plot revolves around samurai, social differences, and couples relations. The main genres are drama, foreign, and period. In terms of style, Twilight Samurai is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Twilight Samurai is located in Japan. It takes place in the 19th century. The movie has received attention for being a masterpiece, an award winner, and critically acclaimed.

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Hiroyuki Sanada, who played Ujio in Edward Zwick's Hollywood epic THE LAST SAMURAI, stars in a different kind of samurai film in Yoji Yamada's poignant drama THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI. Sanada plays the title character (Seibei Iguchi), who gets his nickname because he is a lowly worker who chooses to go home to his family every night at twilight instead of going out with his fellow employees or women. Seibei's wife has recently died, so he is raising his two daughters alone, as well as caring for his aging mother. His well-connected uncle believes he should agree to an arranged marriage so he can be more manly, but Seibei is dedicated to living the life he's chosen. But when his married childhood friend, Tomoe (Rie Miyazawa), wants a divorce from her abusive husband (Ren Osugi), Seibei defends her honor and defeats the sword-wielding man with a piece of wood. When Seibei's clan learns of his victory, the leaders command him to kill Zenmon Yogo (Min Tanaka), something that goes against everything he believes in. Based on the stories of Shuuehei Fujisawa and set during the Meiji Restoration of 19th-century Japan, THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI, which was nominated for a 2004 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, is a special kind of movie, loaded with heart and humanity, a very different samurai film that breaks movingly from the traditions of the genre.

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Language:	Japanese
Country:	Japan
Release date:	October 2003
Runtime:	129 min

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Hiroyuki Sanada

as Seibei Iguchi

Rie Miyazawa

as Tomoe Iinuma

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Chicago Tribune

Twilight is a great samurai film in the way that "Unforgiven," "The Gunfighter" or "Will Penny"--all muted, somber films about aging gunfighters--are great westerns. Full Review

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by: Michael Wilmington

Entertainment Weekly

It's wonderful to see a Japanese movie in which a samurai, for all his somber discipline and skill, is also a touching and complicated ordinary man. Full Review

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by: Owen Gleiberman

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Fantastic. One of the best movies Ive seen in a long time. It is a historical piece, and if you have any interest in 19th century Japanese history and/or samurais this movie is a must-see. Read and rate it

08.April.2011
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by: jj97403
jj97403 rated this movie0/10

There's not much swordplay in "The Twilight Samurai," and that's a good thing. The tale centers on a samurai who occupies a pretty low rung of the warrior ladder, a lowly retainer who doesn't care to kill or brag or drink or gamble, and wants little... Read and rate it

19.March.2009
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by: Vic
Vic rated this movie8/10Great

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