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The Twilight Samurai

たそがれ清兵衛

2002 · Film · 129 min

Part of Samurai Trilogy (Yoji Yamada) Collection

Directed by Yoji Yamada

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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?

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  1. NeutralJKCalhounSep 20, 2025

    I'm reacting to having seen it in "The Twilight Samurai" and perhaps other Japanese films depicting that era.