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Actors: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Osugi
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Twilight Samurai |
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THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI (Tasogare Seibei) is a movie co-written and directed by Yoji Yamada in 2002. This film earned 12 Japanese Academy Awards in 2003.
Seibei Iguchi is a poor samurai who, after the premature death of his wife, must take care all by himself of his two daughters and his senile mother. Seibei works as a clerk in the local fort, cultivates his land and makes wicker baskets at night. He doesn't have time or money to spend his evenings drinking with his colleagues in town and is nicknamed "twilight" because he comes back home every day at the same hour.
Tomoe is a young woman, just divorced, who was a close friend of Seibei when young. She starts to come regularly to Seibei's home in order to take care of his family when he is at work. Seibei would like to marry her but decides not to because he believes that she couldn't get used to his mediocre life after having been married to a wealthy samurai.
As the local governor prematurely dies, there is a political struggle for the succession and Seibei is asked by his clan chief to duel with the chief of the Guards who refuses to hara-kiri. Still a samurai, Seibei who hasn't trained for years must nevertheless obey the order.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Twilight Samurai |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- longtime friends who engage in mating
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Japanese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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