The Twilight Samurai

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Released: 2002-11-02 Duration: 2hr 9min
Genres: Drama Romance
Rating 7.8

Overview

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?

Production Companies

Shochiku
Shochiku
Sumitomo Corporation
Sumitomo Corporation
Hakuhodo
Hakuhodo
Nippan Group Holdings
Nippan Group Holdings
Eisei Gekijo
Eisei Gekijo
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Nippon Television Network Corporation

Additional Info

Budget $5,000,000.00
Revenue $7,372,769.00
Original Language ja
Popularity 11.462

Directed By

Yoji Yamada

Crew

Screenplay
Yoshitaka Asama
Executive Producer
Tomiyasu Ishikawa
Executive Producer
Tetsuo Suga
Executive Producer
Tomoo Miyagawa
Executive Producer
Toshio Hagiwara
Executive Producer
Motoyuki Oka
Executive Producer
Nobuyoshi Otani
Producer
Ichiro Yamamoto
Original Music Composer
Isao Tomita
Director of Photography
Mutsuo Naganuma
Editor
Iwao Ishii
Screenplay
Yoji Yamada
Director
Yoji Yamada
Costume Design
Kazuko Kurosawa
Sound Recordist
Kazumi Kishida
Main Title Theme Composer
Yosui Inoue
Theme Song Performance
Yosui Inoue
Assistant Director
Kinichi Hanawa
Music Producer
Shigeyuki Onodera
Still Photographer
Tadashi Kaneda
Still Photographer
Sayuri Suzuki
Production Manager
Takakazu Aiba
Production Manager
Yoshinori Aso
Unit Production Manager
Junichi Mine
Unit Production Manager
Tomohiko Saito
Assistant Director
Yuzo Asahara
Assistant Director
Mikito Tanaka
Assistant Director
Ayato Kurokawa
Assistant Director
Emiko Hiramatsu
Assistant Director
Yasutaka Maehara
Assistant Director
Masaki Arai
Sound Effects
Yukio Hokari
Music Editor
Naoko Asari
Production Design
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction
Mitsuo Degawa
Second Assistant Camera
Ichiro Suzuki
Second Assistant Camera
Tsugio Okada
Assistant Camera
Makoto Kusaka
Assistant Camera
Miho Kimbara
Assistant Camera
Shinji Hiraki
Assistant Camera
Takefumi Nakabo
Steadicam Operator
Yukio Kaneko
Additional Lighting Technician
Takaaki Miyanishi
Chief Lighting Technician
Gengon Nakaoka
Additional Lighting Technician
Hisao Kagami
Additional Lighting Technician
Masahiko Kataoka
Additional Lighting Technician
Haruhiro Yamaguchi
Additional Lighting Technician
Shunri Rinoie
Additional Lighting Technician
Jun Kodama
Costumer
Kazuo Matsuda
Costumer
Emiko Yuzawa
Makeup Artist
Yuki Hisamichi
Makeup Artist
Sonomi Muramatsu
Fight Choreographer
Hiroshi Kuze
Fight Choreographer
Yuuki Natsusaka

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