The Twilight Samurai Ranking Guide: Story, Cast and Legacy

The Twilight Samurai (2002) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next.

Where to watch

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Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada as Seibei Iguchi; Rie Miyazawa as Tomoe Iinuma; Nenji Kobayashi as Choubei Kusaka; Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Michinojo Iinuma; Min Tanaka as Zenemon Yogo; Ren Osugi as Toyotaro Koda; Hiroshi Kanbe as Naota; Miki Ito as Kayano Iguchi

About 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?

More like The Twilight Samurai

• Love and Honor
• The Hidden Blade
• Samurai Rebellion
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
• Samurai Marathon
• Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
• Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
• 13 Assassins

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