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The Twilight Samurai
Directed by
Yoji Yamada
2004
2h 9m
Drama
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Romance
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8.1
99%
94%
7.8
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As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.
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Cast of The Twilight Samurai
Hiroyuki Sanada
Seibei Iguchi
Rie Miyazawa
Tomoe Iinuma
Nenji Kobayashi
Choubei Kusaka
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Michinojo Iinuma
Min Tanaka
Zenemon Yogo
Ren Osugi
Toyotaro Koda
Hiroshi Kanbe
Naota
Miki Ito
Kayano Iguchi
Ito Senba
Ito Iguchi
Keiko Kishi
Older Ito Iguchi
Reiko Kusamura
Kinu Iguchi
Tetsuro Tamba
Tozaemon Iguchi
Kanako Fukaura
Yae Iinuma
Makoto Akatsuka
Yazaki
Masahiro Sato
Sekiguchi
Masayasu Kitayama
Kawanami
Baijaku Nakamura
Gonbei Terauchi
Yuuki Natsusaka
Gemba Hattori
Takai Mizuno
Tane
Toshinori Omi
Shichijuro Ohtsuka
The Twilight Samurai Ratings & Reviews
Decent Films
Steven D. Greydanus
Deeply humane... a bittersweet, eloquent tribute to a man who is bent but not crushed beneath the weight of his various competing duties.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A determined, resolutely paced, and atypical samurai movie.
Seattle Times
Erik Lundegaard
A small, respectful corrective.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Scott Von Doviak
An affecting look at the vulnerable side of a warrior
Dallas Morning News
Charles Ealy
As Iguchi, Mr. Sanada epitomizes the kind of man who can still dream and be true to himself amid the daily grind and turmoil. That's a welcome role model in any age.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino
About the last days of an era, whittled to a poetic vision of a worthy, solitary man.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
This is an old man's movie in all the good ways: gentle, humanistic, rich with observation, quietly aware of all that can't be solved by the sword.
Washington Post
Mark Jenkins
Viewers who stick around will be rewarded with a complex, moving domestic drama -- and a couple of duels.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
This is an absolutely brilliant film but in a quiet way.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
[Yamada] does an exquisite job of balancing emotions, even throwing in a little levity without detracting from the impact of the narrative.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Well worth watching.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
The Twilight Samurai is one action movie older movie audiences should love as much as younger ones.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The closing third of the film is magnificent in the way it gathers all we have learned about Seibei, and uses it to bring depth to what could have been a routine action sequence, but is much more.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
Rich in the kind of economic and social detail that explains how most samurai managed to live out their lives with only infrequent bursts of martial glory.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
... works on all levels.
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
Presents its own, somewhat revisionist samurai legend as a thoughtful and moving domestic drama.
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Welcome to Yoji Yamada. After decades of comedies, he arrives -- in this country, at least -- with a uniquely touching samurai film.
Los Angeles Times
Manohla Dargis
The film creeps into your affections with admirable stealth.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
It's wonderful to see a Japanese movie in which a samurai, for all his somber discipline and skill, is also a touching and complicated ordinary man.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Stylish flick, which harkens back to the work of old masters like Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu.
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