
The Twilight Samurai
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11/2/2002Runtime
129 minsOverview
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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ReleasedOriginal Language
JapaneseBudget
$5,000,000Revenue
$7,372,769Homepage
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A quiet meditation on duty and desire set in the twilight of the samurai era, where a low-ranking widower navigates the impossible tension between providing for his family and maintaining his honor. It moves with the careful, unhurried pace of someone carrying an unbearable weight.
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