The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Hiroyuki Sanada
Seibei Iguchi
Rie Miyazawa
Tomoe Iinuma
Nenji Kobayashi
Choubei Kusaka
Ren Osugi
Toyotaro Koda
Min Tanaka
Zenemon Yogo
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Michinojo Iinuma
Kanako Fukaura
Yae Iinuma
Hiroshi Kanbe
Naota
Miki Ito
Kayano Iguchi
Keiko Kishi
Older Ito Iguchi
Erina Hashiguchi
Ito Iguchi
Reiko Kusamura
Kinu Iguchi
Yoji Yamada
Director
Tetsurō Tamba
Tozaemon Iguchi
Shūhei Fujisawa
Writer
Makoto Akatsuka
Yazaki
Masahiro Sato
Sekiguchi
Yoshitaka Asama
Writer
Hiroshi Fukazawa
Producer
Masayasu Kitayama
Kawanami
Shigehiro Nakagawa
Producer
Baijaku Nakamura
Gonbei Terauchi
Yuuki Natsusaka
Gemba Hattori / Fight Choreographer
Ichirô Yamamoto
Producer
Takai Mizuno
Tane
Isao Tomita
Composer
Toshinori Omi
Shichijuro Ohtsuka
Mutsuo Naganuma
Cinematographer
Kinnosuke Nakamura II
Samurai Lord
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Mitsuo Degawa
ProductionDesigner
Keishi Arashi
Chief Retainer Hori
Rio Ishino
Pageboy
Norio Sato
Rickshaw Driver
Senri Sakurai
Tozaemon's Attendant
Tomiyasu Ishikawa
Executive Producer
Tetsuo Kan
Executive Producer
Tomoo Miyakawa
Executive Producer
Toshio Hagiwara
Executive Producer
Motoyuki Oka
Executive Producer
Nobuyoshi Otani
Executive Producer
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Production Design
Emiko Hiramatsu
Assistant Director
Yosui Inoue
Theme Song Performance / Main Title Theme Composer
Kazuo Matsuda
Costumer
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Yuzo Asahara
Assistant Director
Gengon Nakaoka
Chief Lighting Technician
Jun Kodama
Additional Lighting Technician
Hiroshi Kuze
Fight Choreographer
Junichi Mine
Unit Production Manager
Kazumi Kishida
Sound Recordist
Kinichi Hanawa
Assistant Director
Tomohiko Saito
Unit Production Manager
Tsugio Okada
Second Assistant Camera
Yoshinori Aso
Production Manager
Ayato Kurokawa
Assistant Director
Yukio Hokari
Sound Effects
Takaaki Miyanishi
Additional Lighting Technician
Shigeyuki Onodera
Music Producer
Naoko Asari
Music Editor
Sayuri Suzuki
Still Photographer
Shinji Hiraki
Assistant Camera
Shunri Rinoie
Additional Lighting Technician
Atsushi Shimamura
Decorator
Tadashi Kaneda
Still Photographer
Takakazu Aiba
Production Manager
Mikito Tanaka
Assistant Director
Yasutaka Maehara
Assistant Director
Masaki Arai
Assistant Director
Takefumi Nakabo
Assistant Camera
Makoto Kusaka
Assistant Camera
Miho Kimbara
Assistant Camera
Ichiro Suzuki
Second Assistant Camera
Yukio Kaneko
Steadicam Operator
Hisao Kagami
Additional Lighting Technician
Masahiko Kataoka
Additional Lighting Technician
Haruhiro Yamaguchi
Additional Lighting Technician
Emiko Yuzawa
Costumer
Yuki Hisamichi
Makeup Artist
Sonomi Muramatsu
Makeup Artist
Shinya Amako
Takashi Yamazaki
Kenji Yoshida
Atsushi Yoshikawa
Takahiro Kuriya
Mayu Komori
Sachiko Takada
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 2, 2002
Original Nameたそがれ清兵衛
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 9m
Budget$5,000,000
Box Office$7,372,769
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
Wiki.
The Twilight Samurai (たそがれ清兵衛, literally "Twilight Seibei") is a 2002 Japanese historical drama film co-written and directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa. Set in mid-19th century Japan, a few years before the Meiji Restoration, it follows the life of Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai employed as a bureaucrat. Poor, but not destitute, he still manages to lead a content and happy life with his daughters and his mother, who has dementia. Through an unfortunate turn of events, the turbulent times conspire against him.
The film was inspired by the short story "The Bamboo Sword" by Shuhei Fujisawa. The Twilight Samurai won an unprecedented 12 Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. The Twilight Samurai was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards.