The Twilight Samurai, Tasogare Seibei
Date: 2002
Parts: 1
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without glory as a bureaucrat in the mid-XIX century Japan. A widower, he has charge of two daughters (whom he adores) and a senile mother; he must therefore work in the fields and accept piecework to make ends meet. New prospects seem to open up when Tomoe, his long-time love, divorces a brutal husband. However, even as the Japanese feudal system is unraveling, Seibei remains bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedences. The consequences are cruel. Hiroyuki Sanada – Seibei Iguchi Rie Miyazawa – Tomoe Iinuma Nenji Kobayashi – Choubei Kusaka Ren Osugi – Toyotarou Kouda Mitsuru Fukikoshi – Michinojo Iinuma Kanako Fukaura Hiroshi Kanbe – Naota Miki Itô – Kayano Iguchi Erina Hashiguchi – Ito Iguchi Reiko Kusamura – Iguchi’s Mother Setsuko Tanaka Kii Mizuno Yuuki Natsusaka Astushi Maeda Tsukasa Sugawara
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