Very Cool!!!

Fantastic!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

A true master piece in my opinion.Set in the early days of the Meiji Restoration, when power was being returned to the Emperor and Japan was in a period of rapid modernisation, this charming film shows that the choice of accepting change is a very personal one.The main character is a samurai clerk who has moved away from war, and has found delight in spending a lot of time with his daughters. However, when his clan sides with the traditional ruling Shogunate against the Imperial forces, he has to make some very crucial decisions about his life, and his family.Beautifully filmed with a refreshingly slow pace, this is a superbly made film in every way.

In the times of the civil war in the late nineteenth century a man called Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada) was just a man who wanted to live his quiet life with his two daughters. Yet trouble always seemed to find him in small corners around his village. Paired with the name Unlucky man he was usually ridiculed by those who he worked with in the accounting departments of the villages warehouse.In the midst of this a childhood friend Tomoe'(Rie Miyazawa) comes into his life unexpectedly because of the abusive family life she has with her present husband. Seeing as Seibei was her friend his attitude was that because of his poor life she would abandon the family in order not to lose face in front of her own family. But as with all lovers in this world she does not see it that way.Other than his dreams slowly coming true he is given an assignment by the clan lord to take out a mad man who has lost his reasoning. Armed with a short sword for which he mastered... Seibei must take his life so that his own would be led in comfort. However doing so could put his own life in jeopardy. In time his achievements would give his family the needed boost, which in turn gave his daughters more freedom. Except during the civil wars for which America intervened with weapons (guns) gave the samurai more deadly force on the field. Because of this new change the samurai code was slowly losing its potency on the battlefield as a one sided victory.I found this to a good story with all the trimmings of hardship, caring, friends, destitution (Sometimes seeing the effects of Diseases) which would either grant one in the past more life... or snuff it out with a quick flick of a swords edge. The daily life of a samurai was not the easiest way to live to say the least. They had endured more suffering because of cold calculating warriors such as the shoguns. The common man couldn't escape it. Neither could the gentle wives when their husbands went out on call. Waiting for them to return was more abrasive, and mind toiling than any other torture. But the code still lives on in the hearts and minds of the surviving family members today. A glorious time then, and also dark to some degree. This is why japan has endured for so long with the idea that hard work is the key to happiness. Some find the easy road, and others find the hard road. Either way... every single person born then to now has the same view. Live hard, work hard, play hard. The acting was great for everyone who starred, and the music was excellent. The scenes I particularly liked with the small house they all lived in. Cozy, warm, full of life. Memories. And the landscapes of the rivers, villages, and bridges of the province. Authentic, and rustic. I give it all ten stars for the story, the people, and the history lesson along with the narrative from one of the most prominent actors in Tokyo... Keiko Kishi.

This is one of the best Asian movies for it's decade (2000-2010)..for second time i saw this masterpiece of Mr. Yamada yesterday and it makes me excited again! From a point of view, we will see Japanese classic culture in this movie which is about a single-poor swordsman , who has to take care of a family and his sick mother. and yet hi is happy, enjoying his humble-like life. Without any erotic scene in the movie, Mr. Yamada has created a sweet relationship between Seibei and Tomoe, that provokes emotions from our hearts! main characters have strong personality, especially Teibei shows us a smooth characteristic decisions and acts, making every viewer involve the movie and it's events.

Iguchi's wife dies from tb and he must take care of his senile mother and two young daughters while working a low paying job at a warehouse. He is so poor that he wears old clothes, can't afford the bath fee, and so and his fellow samurai make fun of his body odor.Tomoe, an old friend who has divorced an abusive, alcoholic man, Koda, and becomes close to Iguchi and his daughters. He wishes to marry her but feels he is not worthy because of his poverty. Iguchi is ordered to kill a disgraced samurai, Yogo, who refuses to leave and commit suicide. He has already defeated the first guy sent to assassinate him. Iguchi picks up his short sword to battle Yogo. If he succeeds, he gets more pay and a higher social ranking. He hopes to impress Tomoe enough to marry him, even though she is engaged to another man. Iguchi arrives at Yogo's house and finds him sitting in the dark. They discuss family problems and eventually fight with swords. The ending is a bit cliché, but the cinematography is spectacular, as is the acting, making The Twilight Samurai an excellent movie.