Directed by:
Yōji YamadaScreenplay:
Yōji YamadaCinematography:
長沼六男Composer:
Isao TomitaCast:
Hiroyuki Sanada, 宮沢りえ, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Ōsugi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Toshinori Omi, 田中泯, 岸惠子, Baijaku Nakamura, Tetsurô Tamba, 神戸浩, 深浦加奈子, Masayasu Kitayama (more)Plots(1)
Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a low-ranking samurai living in the fading days of the Shogun period in Japan. His wife has died of tuberculosis, and with two daughters and an elderly mother to support, he and his family must survive in austerity. The divorce of his childhood friend Tomoe (Rie Miyazawa) leads him into a confrontation with her violent ex-husband, a high ranking samurai, and Seibei triumph against all odds. Just Seibei as begins to dream that despite his impoverishment he might win the hand of the long loved Tomoe, he is caught in the shifting turmoil of the times. His superiors, having heard of his sword-fighting prowess, order him on a dangerous mission: kill a renowned warrior who is on the wrong side of a clan power struggle. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Hiroyuki Sanada](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270644_3d68d6.jpg)
Hiroyuki Sanada
Japan
Best movies:
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
![宮沢りえ](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/201/168201663_xva4hx.jpg)
宮沢りえ
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)
Princess Goh (1992)
Nenji Kobayashi
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
![Ren Ōsugi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272793_3fbaf7.jpg)
Ren Ōsugi
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
By Player (2000)
Fireworks (1997)
![Mitsuru Fukikoshi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507467_060941.jpg)
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Our Mother (2008)
Love Exposure (2008)
![Toshinori Omi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/032/166032837_d98138.jpg)
Toshinori Omi
Japan
Best movies:
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (2009)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
![田中泯](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/211/163211378_b839b5.png)
田中泯
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Perfect Days (2023)
![岸惠子](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/741/158741820_63f84f.jpg)
岸惠子
Japan
Best movies:
Early Spring (1956)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Hunter in the dark (1979)
![Baijaku Nakamura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/394/167394288_e79891.jpg)
Baijaku Nakamura
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Bunny Drop (2011)
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
Tetsurô Tamba
Japan
Best movies:
Harakiri (1962)
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
神戸浩
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)
深浦加奈子
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Battle Royale (2000)
Hush! (2001)
Masayasu Kitayama
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Our Mother (2008)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Senri Sakurai
UK
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Heaven's Bookstore (2004)
草村礼子
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)