Summary
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
Details
Release Date: October 30, 2004
Runtime: 132 minutes
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original Language: JA
Rating: ⭐ 7.4/10 (118 votes)
Samurai Trilogy (Yoji Yamada) Collection

The Twilight Samurai
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?

The Hidden Blade
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.

Love and Honor
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
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Cast

Masatoshi Nagase
Munezô Katagiri

Takako Matsu
Kie

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Samon Shimada

Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Yaichirô Hazama

Tomoko Tabata
Shino Katagiri

Chieko Baisho
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Kunie Tanaka
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Sachiko Mitsumoto
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Reiko Takashima
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Nana Saito
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Nenji Kobayashi
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Ken Ogata
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Min Tanaka
Kansai Toda

Toshiki Ayata

Hiroshi Kanbe

Kazuhiko Kasai

Ryuji Komine

Makoto Akatsuka

Mantaro Koichi

Masayasu Kitayama

Yoji Matsuda

Koen Kondo

Takashi Sasano

Yusuke Izumi







