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Tasogare Seibei (たそがれ清兵衛, literally "Twilight Seibei"), also known as The Twilight Samurai, 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 Twilight Samurai was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards, Japan's first in twenty two years, losing to the French Canadian (Québec) film Les Invasions Barbares. The Twilight Samurai also won an unprecedented 12 Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay.
The film was inspired by the short story "The Bamboo Sword" by Shuhei Fujisawa.
Original Release
11/02/2002
US Release
04/23/2004
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Hiroyuki Sanada | Seibei Iguchi |
Rie Miyazawa | Tomoe Iinuma |
Nenji Kobayashi | Choubei Kusaka |
Ren Osugi | Toyotaro Koda |
Mitsuru Fukikoshi | Michinojo Iinuma |
Kanako Fukaura | Yae Iinuma |
Hiroshi Kanbe | Naota |
Miki Ito | Kayano Iguchi |
Erina Hashiguchi | Ito Iguchi |
Reiko Kusamura | Kinu Iguchi |
Directors
Writers
Yôji Yamada, Shûhei Fujisawa, Yoshitaka Asama
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hiroyuki Sanada | Seibei Iguchi |
Rie Miyazawa | Tomoe Iinuma |
Nenji Kobayashi | Choubei Kusaka |
Ren Osugi | Toyotaro Koda |
Mitsuru Fukikoshi | Michinojo Iinuma |
Kanako Fukaura | Yae Iinuma |
Hiroshi Kanbe | Naota |
Miki Ito | Kayano Iguchi |
Erina Hashiguchi | Ito Iguchi |
Reiko Kusamura | Kinu Iguchi |
Setsuko Tanaka | |
Kii Mizuno | Tane |
Yuuki Natsusaka | Gemba Hattori |
Astushi Maeda | |
Tsukasa Sugawara | |
Kôichi Taniguchi | |
Teruhiko Tanaka | |
Takako Miyashima | |
Sachiko Takada | |
Mayu Komori |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tomiyasu Ishikawa | Executive Producer |
Tetsuo Kan | Executive Producer |
Tomoo Miyakawa | Executive Producer |
Toshio Ogiwara | Executive Producer |
Motoyuki Oka | Executive Producer |
Nobuyoshi Ôtani | Executive Producer |
Hiroshi Fukazawa | Producer |
Shigehiro Nakagawa | Producer |
Ichirô Yamamoto | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2004 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |