The Twilight Samurai
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?
Release Date
November 2, 2002Runtime
129 minDirected by
Yoji Yamada, Kinichi Hanawa, Yuzo Asahara, Mikito Tanaka, Ayato Kurokawa, Emiko Hiramatsu, Yasutaka Maehara, Masaki AraiScreenplay by
Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka AsamaLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$5,000,000Revenue
$7,372,769Status
Released![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bB2M8UF8wc9flfGWkcgkTTf8Mzr.jpg)
Cast
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/SOwDxhGnRccP2lAtssQ7TxCzOe.jpg)
Hiroyuki Sanada
Seibei Iguchi![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/s8z4HKhkPBT80UF1DxVDpzgGPPg.jpg)
Rie Miyazawa
Tomoe Iinuma![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/w4xqLM0xO1GWo3rAT15McytWlFI.jpg)
Nenji Kobayashi
Choubei Kusaka![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yxOvrBhUtptt2xCDZHlFbhKhtSV.jpg)
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Michinojo Iinuma![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xpscVHKwNNPpCK3quNWvovGrA8u.jpg)
Min Tanaka
Zenemon Yogo![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/49BL0p9gni4ERgnEciMJIXbJZDk.jpg)
Ren Osugi
Toyotaro Koda![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/g21SwQ76C6glF5RF5umNwODWM6G.jpg)
Hiroshi Kanbe
Naota![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/549vzt6LwHaxG6wheUX5Cy3SC0a.jpg)
Miki Ito
Kayano Iguchi![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/Q4mbje5ss9Z5S3rXf3T6zgN28o.jpg)
Erina Hashiguchi
Ito Iguchi![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2jSCjRGlI7N3WajaLoqJoia3qAV.jpg)
Keiko Kishi
Older Ito Iguchi![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/YqTaojGNLuKCQ5dQ55Dqkzs9WW.jpg)
Reiko Kusamura
Kinu Iguchi![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ihugQ2afio03fcKSGXdkcQKTVmt.jpg)
Tetsurō Tamba
Tozaemon Iguchi![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/afbPAw3Cy18Egq1y8pQoIQIDrFz.jpg)
Kanako Fukaura
Yae Iinuma![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ntcKy1BqOEgGQhawsWC2VOZaL7k.jpg)
Makoto Akatsuka
Yazaki![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ArWvQJ91CRVor7ka2MjI3Bnx4nP.jpg)
Masahiro Sato
Sekiguchi![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/trumLngOooT2uX3IzNAJSCIIdNY.jpg)
Masayasu Kitayama
Kawanami![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/j4UzhfC5SXO1H46zNGtWJ1cdQ1a.jpg)
Baijaku Nakamura
Gonbei Terauchi![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/48m1JCehF1OIScJrosS1BedbCKE.jpg)
Takai Mizuno
Tane![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qDoJvuKzKwc5On0llBd9p7bJlEe.jpg)
Toshinori Omi
Shichijuro Ohtsuka![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xAs2lFBx4Y2bhvr0mNXVPxuzWoG.jpg)
Rio Ishino
Pageboy![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/15r2xr3Tm46ci8Mn28lnG274cPa.jpg)
Sachiko Takada
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wNqBBtACXogypVPJfoLbeFXD3w2.jpg)
Mayu Komori
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gfPTY0BiIA15OrIkgfb1RzxGJLh.jpg)
Takashi Yamazaki
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The Twilight Samurai - Trailer
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