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07/21/05
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Twilight Samurai (2004)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:21
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: Samurai epic as a touching drama.
Theatrical Release:Apr 23, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Hiroyuki Sanada, who played Ujio in Edward Zwick's Hollywood epic THE LAST SAMURAI, stars in a different kind of samurai film in Yoji Yamada's poignant drama THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI. Sanada plays the... [More]
Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Min Tanaka
Director: Yoji Yamada
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Reviews for Twilight Samurai
Top CriticAs Iguchi, Mr. Sanada epitomizes the kind of man who can still dream and be true to himself amid the daily grind and turmoil. That's a welcome role model in any age.
07/01/04
Top CriticAbout the last days of an era, whittled to a poetic vision of a worthy, solitary man.
06/17/04
Top CriticThis is an old man's movie in all the good ways: gentle, humanistic, rich with observation, quietly aware of all that can't be solved by the sword.
06/04/04
Top CriticViewers who stick around will be rewarded with a complex, moving domestic drama -- and a couple of duels.
06/04/04
Top CriticThis is an absolutely brilliant film but in a quiet way.
06/04/04
Top Critic[Yamada] does an exquisite job of balancing emotions, even throwing in a little levity without detracting from the impact of the narrative.
05/27/04
Top CriticWell worth watching.
05/21/04
Top CriticThe Twilight Samurai is one action movie older movie audiences should love as much as younger ones.
05/21/04
Top CriticThe closing third of the film is magnificent in the way it gathers all we have learned about Seibei, and uses it to bring depth to what could have been a routine action sequence, but is much more.
05/21/04
Top CriticFor audiences raised on Akira Kurosawa movies, Twilight Samurai feels like something of a revelation, a movie in which the hero's struggles hardly seem epic.
05/21/04
Top CriticRich in the kind of economic and social detail that explains how most samurai managed to live out their lives with only infrequent bursts of martial glory.
05/20/04
Top Critic... works on all levels.
05/17/04
Top CriticPresents its own, somewhat revisionist samurai legend as a thoughtful and moving domestic drama.
05/14/04
Top CriticWelcome to Yoji Yamada. After decades of comedies, he arrives -- in this country, at least -- with a uniquely touching samurai film.
05/02/04
Top CriticThe film creeps into your affections with admirable stealth.
04/29/04
Top CriticIt's wonderful to see a Japanese movie in which a samurai, for all his somber discipline and skill, is also a touching and complicated ordinary man.
04/28/04
Top CriticA transcendent, masterfully told story.
04/23/04
Top CriticStylish flick, which harkens back to the work of old masters like Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu.
04/22/04
Top CriticThe director Yoji Yamada's devotion to somber, everyday detail will test the patience of many viewers of this initially slow-going character drama.
04/22/04
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