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The Twilight Samurai

Oscar-nominated drama set in 19th-century Japan. A widowed samurai, pursuing a mundane existence while caring for his senile mother and two young daughters, puts on his warrior's mantle again to defend a young woman from her brutal ex-husband.

2 hours, 9 minutes

Last on

Sat 4 Apr 200923:40
BBC Four

Credits

Seibei IguchiHiroyuki Sanada
Tomoe IinumaRie Miyazawa
Choubei KusakaNenji Kobayashi
DirectorYoji Yamada
Toyotarou KoudaRen Osugi
Michinojo IinumaMitsuru Fukikoshi
Kayano IguchiMiki Ito
Zenemon YogoMin Tanaka
WriterYoji Yamada
WriterYoshitaka Asama
ProducerHiroshi Fukazawa
ProducerShigehiro Nakagawa
ProducerIchiro Yamamoto
ComposerIsao Tomita
Director of photographyMutsuo Naganuma

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