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The Twilight Samurai (たそがれ清兵衛, Tasogare Seibei, lit. "Twilight Seibei") is a 2002 Japanese historical drama film co-written and directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa .
The film tells the story of two Shinsengumi samurai. Saitō Hajime (played by Kōichi Satō) is a heartless killer. Yoshimura Kanichiro (played by Kiichi Nakai) appears to be a money-grabbing and emotional swordsman from the northern area known as Nambu Morioka.
Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次, Yamada Yōji, born 13 September 1931) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade and Love and Honor).
The Twilight Samurai An unconventional samurai story, The Twilight Samurai stars Sanada as Seibei Iguchi, a poor bookkeeper, who yearns to reach his full potential as a samurai and as a man.
post-“Twilight Samurai” Hollywood movies featuring Sanada have grossed at least $400 million worldwide, including “The Last Samurai” and “John Wick: Chapter 4.” 2
Yoji Yamada, director of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, made a trilogy of acclaimed revisionist samurai films, 2002's Twilight Samurai, followed by The Hidden Blade in 2004 and Love and Honor in 2006. In 2008, Departures won the Academy Award for best foreign language film.
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