The Twilight Samurai

2002 · Directed by Yoji Yamada

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?

drama romance

Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Tetsurō Tamba, Miki Ito, Ren Osugi, Kanako Fukaura, Min Tanaka, Nenji Kobayashi, Reiko Kusamura

Rating: 7.755/10 from 243 votes