| The Twilight Samurai | |
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| 1 Nomination | |
| Year | 2003 |
| Director | Yôji Yamada |
| Writer | Yôji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama |
| Starring | Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi |
| 76th Academy Awards | |
The Twilight Samurai or (Japanese: Tasogare Seibei) is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Yôji Yamada. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards, Japan's first in twenty two years. The Twilight Samurai also won an unprecedented 12 Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay.
Nominations
- Best Foreign Language Film — Yôji Yamada representing Japan
Plot[]
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 honour of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedences. The consequences are cruel.
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