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The Twilight Samurai  (2002)


7.8|2 Nov, 2002|129 min
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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?
Language

日本語 


Budget$5,000,000
Revenue $7,372,769
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Keywords
daughter
japan
samurai
based on novel or book
sword
mission of murder
teacher
sword fight
honor
period drama
historical
widower
jidaigeki
feudal japan
19th century
historical romance
bushi
bakumatsu
earnest
sincere

Casts

Hiroyuki Sanada
Hiroyuki Sanada
Seibei Iguchi
Rie Miyazawa
Rie Miyazawa
Tomoe Iinuma
Nenji Kobayashi
Nenji Kobayashi
Choubei Kusaka
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Michinojo Iinuma
Min Tanaka
Min Tanaka
Zenemon Yogo
Ren Osugi
Ren Osugi
Toyotaro Koda
Hiroshi Kanbe
Hiroshi Kanbe
Naota
Miki Ito
Miki Ito
Kayano Iguchi
Ito Senba
Ito Senba
Ito Iguchi
Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi
Older Ito Iguchi
Reiko Kusamura
Reiko Kusamura
Kinu Iguchi
Tetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba
Tozaemon Iguchi
Kanako Fukaura
Kanako Fukaura
Yae Iinuma
Makoto Akatsuka
Makoto Akatsuka
Yazaki
Masahiro Sato
Masahiro Sato
Sekiguchi
Masayasu Kitayama
Masayasu Kitayama
Kawanami
Baijaku Nakamura
Baijaku Nakamura
Gonbei Terauchi
Yuuki Natsusaka
Gemba Hattori
Takai Mizuno
Takai Mizuno
Tane
Toshinori Omi
Toshinori Omi
Shichijuro Ohtsuka
Kinnosuke Nakamura II
Samurai Lord
Keishi Arashi
Chief Retainer Hori
Rio Ishino
Rio Ishino
Pageboy
Norio Sato
Rickshaw Driver
Senri Sakurai
Senri Sakurai
Tozaemon's Attendant
Jun Maeda
Setsuko Tanaka
Setsuko Tanaka
Tsukasa Sugawara
Ryota Sato
Koichi Taniguchi
Teruhiko Tanaka
Takako Miyajima
Sachiko Takada
Sachiko Takada
Mayu Komori
Mayu Komori
Takahiro Kuriya
Atsushi Yoshikawa
Kenji Yoshida
Takashi Yamazaki
Takashi Yamazaki
Shinya Amako

Crews

Hiroshi Fukazawa
Producer
Shuhei Fujisawa
Novel
Tomoo Miyagawa
Executive Producer
Yoshitaka Asama
Screenplay
Tomiyasu Ishikawa
Executive Producer
Toshio Hagiwara
Executive Producer
Tetsuo Suga
Executive Producer
Shigehiro Nakagawa
Producer
Yoji Yamada
Yoji Yamada
Director
Motoyuki Oka
Executive Producer
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Ichiro Yamamoto
Producer
Mutsuo Naganuma
Mutsuo Naganuma
Director of Photography
Nobuyoshi Otani
Executive Producer
Yoji Yamada
Yoji Yamada
Screenplay
Isao Tomita
Original Music Composer
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Kazumi Kishida
Sound Recordist
Yosui Inoue
Main Title Theme Composer
Yosui Inoue
Theme Song Performance
Atsushi Shimamura
Decorator
Shigeyuki Onodera
Music Producer
Sayuri Suzuki
Still Photographer
Tadashi Kaneda
Still Photographer
Kinichi Hanawa
Assistant Director
Mikito Tanaka
Assistant Director
Yoshinori Aso
Production Manager
Yukio Hokari
Sound Effects
Yuzo Asahara
Assistant Director
Junichi Mine
Unit Production Manager
Takakazu Aiba
Production Manager
Masaki Arai
Assistant Director
Yasutaka Maehara
Assistant Director
Ayato Kurokawa
Assistant Director
Emiko Hiramatsu
Assistant Director
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Production Design
Tomohiko Saito
Unit Production Manager
Mitsuo Degawa
Art Direction
Naoko Asari
Music Editor
Shinji Hiraki
Assistant Camera
Miho Kimbara
Assistant Camera
Ichiro Suzuki
Second Assistant Camera
Makoto Kusaka
Assistant Camera
Tsugio Okada
Second Assistant Camera
Yukio Kaneko
Steadicam Operator
Takefumi Nakabo
Assistant Camera
Takaaki Miyanishi
Additional Lighting Technician
Gengon Nakaoka
Chief Lighting Technician
Haruhiro Yamaguchi
Additional Lighting Technician
Jun Kodama
Additional Lighting Technician
Hisao Kagami
Additional Lighting Technician
Masahiko Kataoka
Additional Lighting Technician
Kazuo Matsuda
Costumer
Shunri Rinoie
Additional Lighting Technician
Emiko Yuzawa
Costumer
Hiroshi Kuze
Fight Choreographer
Yuki Hisamichi
Makeup Artist
Yuuki Natsusaka
Fight Choreographer
Sonomi Muramatsu
Makeup Artist

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