Twilight Samurai
(2002)
Regisseur:
Yôji YamadaSchauspieler:
Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Kanako Fukaura, Hiroshi Kanbe, Miki Itou, Erina Hashiguchi, Reiko Kusamura, Setsuko Tanaka, Kii Mizuno, Yuuki Natsusaka, Astushi Maeda, Tsukasa Sugawara, Ren OsugiJapan in den letzten Jahren der Shogun-Herrschaft. Nach dem Tod seiner Frau lebt der verarmte Samurai Iguchi Seibei nur noch für seine kleinen Töchter und die greise Mutter. Das ändert sich aber, als Tomoe, die Freundin aus seiner Kindheit, nach einer gescheiterten Ehe wieder bei ihrem älteren Bruder einzieht...
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?
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?
