Yoji Yamada’s “The Twilight Samurai” is a samurai movie about a master swordsman who presents a humble persona to the world: a seemingly over-the-hill warrior burdened by family cares and unable to ...

REVIEWED - THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI/TASOGARE SEIBEI: While its title might conjure up the prospect of a lavishly choreographed Asian action spectacle, The Twilight Samurai is primarily a humanist ...

Dir: Yoji Yamada. Japan. 2002. 129mins. The winner of a slew of film awards at home and a competition selection at Berlin next month, The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) may finally propel director ...

BERLIN — The Berlin Intl. Film Festival was abuzz with talk of a new competition favorite to rival “The Hours” and “Adaptation” after the Thursday premiere of Yoji Yamada’s “Tasogare Seibei” (“The ...

HONG KONG — Yoji Yamada’s “The Twilight Samurai” (Tasogare Seibei) will join Johnnie To’s “PTU” to open the 27th Hong Kong Film Festival in To’s hometown. The films are among almost 300 from 40 ...

Film magazine Kinema Jumpo said Thursday that "Tasogare Seibei" ("The Twilight Samurai") topped its list of the 10 best Japanese films of 2002. Kinema Jumpo said it will present the film with six ...

I must admit my knowledge of samurai culture comes mainly from reading James Clavell's Shogun and watching Cartoon Network's Samurai Jack. This lack of knowledge, though, was no deterrent to becoming ...

When I saw Yoji Yamada's "Tasogare Seibei (The Twilight Samurai)," a lyrical, low-key 2002 drama about a low-ranking, family-loving samurai forced to kill for his clan, it struck me as a throwback to ...

Veteran filmmaker Yoji Yamada — who is perhaps most famous for cranking out most of the 48 films of the Tora-san series — directs this good-natured drama set in the waning years of the Edo period ...

Iguchi Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a widowed samurai. A samurai who no longer wishes to kill, but instead wants to devote himself entirely to his two daughters and settle down. His friend encourages ...