The Twilight Samurai
2002 film by Yōji Yamada
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Summary
The Twilight Samurai is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,505 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Shūhei Fujisawa[3]
- Director: Yōji Yamada[4]
- Screenwriter: Yōji Yamada[5], Yoshitaka Asama[6], Shūhei Fujisawa[7]
- Composer: Isao Tomita[8]
- Genre: drama film[9]
- Cast member: Hiroyuki Sanada[10], Rie Miyazawa[11], Mitsuru Fukikoshi[12], Erina Hashiguchi[13], Min Tanaka[14], Nenji Kobayashi[15], Reiko Kusamura[16], Ren Ōsugi[17], Keiko Kishi[18], Tetsurō Tamba[19]
- Director of photography: Mutsuo Naganuma[20]
- Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[21]
- Distribution format: video on demand[22]
- Review score: 99%[23], 8.1/10[24], 82/100[25]
- Color: color[26]
- Country of origin: Japan[27]
- Publication date: November 2, 2002[28]
- Distributed by: Shochiku[29], Netflix[30]
- Narrative location: Japan[31]
- Official website: http://www.shochiku.co.jp/movie/seibei/[32]
- Filming location: Japan[33]
- Film editor: Iwao Ishii[34]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[35], International Submission to the Academy Awards[36], Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role[37]
- Executive producer: Toshio Miyakawa[38], Motoyuki Oka[39], Toshio Hagihara[40]
- Title: たそがれ清兵衛[41]
- FSK film rating: FSK 16[42]
- Duration: 129 minutes[43]
- Box office: 7,372,769 US dollars[44], 559,765 US dollars[45], 6,745,440 US dollars[46]
- Set in period: 19th century[47]
Why It Matters
The Twilight Samurai has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]