The Twilight Samurai
Japanese Title: Tasogare Seibei
Release Year in Japan: 2002
Release Year in the U.S.: 2004
Director: Yoji Yamada
Casts: Hiroyuki Sanada (Seibei Iguchi), Rie Miyazawa (Tomoe)
Definitely one of the "MUST-SEE" Japanese movies in recent years.
Don't have old "samurai" movies in mind to watch this film -
it re-wrote the rules of the samurai movies in Japan. The story focuses
on the human side of a humble man who happens to be a samurai and the sweet
love tale between him and his childhood sweetheart, and yet the severe
rule of the swordsman looms over them. Just a great combination of the
traditional samurai movie value handed down from Kurosawa and the new realism
in the eyes of the modern viewers. The acting of Hiroyuki Sanada is just
simply superb, with his amazing contrast of action ability and quiet spiritual
expression.
The film swept 12 of 14 categories of Japanese Academy Awards in 2003,
and was also nominated in the U.S. Academy Awards Foreign Language Film
Category in 2004.
Editor's Comment
Movie Data and Links
<Region 1>
Japanese with English Subtitles
Bonus: Interviews with Hiroyuki Sanada (English) and Yoji Yamada (English
voice-over)
<Region 2>
Japanese
English Subtitles available
Bonus: Making, Special Documentary by NHK, Award presentations (Special
features only in Japanese)
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