The Twilight Samurai

The Twilight Samurai

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Release Date

11/2/2002

Runtime

129 mins

Overview

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?

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$7,372,769

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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.

Mood

MelancholicContemplativeBittersweet

Themes

FamilyLoveMortalityIsolation

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticFormalist

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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