The Twilight Samurai Page #4

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama, History
Director(s): Yôji Yamada
Production: Empire Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 37 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
99%
Year:
2002
129 min
Website
335 Views


I'm fine, thanks.

Iguchi...

Don't waste your breath

Look, Naota. The azaleas are out

Yup

Kayano, Ito, I'm home!

No one's here...

welcome home

It's been a long time

Uh... perhaps there's... um

You were out

when I came by...

Have you forgotten me?

I'm Iinuma's younger sister, Tomoe

Oh, Miss Tomoe!

I didn't know you

I've just seen your brother today

He told me what had happened

So you know all about it, then?

Yes

Because of that I'm back

living at his house

There's nothing for me to do

so they have me weaving

I came here to escape

You're very welcome

Let's go inside

Your sock...

Oh, yes...

It seems your father

had forgotten me!

we always played together!

welcome home

Kayano, Ito, this is Miss Tomoe

we're, uh...

Childhood friends

He always used to tease me

I did not!

I got a present

Me, too

Aren't they pretty!

Mother, I'm home

welcome home

Do you know this lady?

She's Miss Tomoe

the Iinuma girl

See? She remembered me

That's good. And of course

you remember me, don't you?

Of which household are you?

I'm your son

You are, are you?

Hello

Tane, watch the hotpot

It was as if our house was brighter

from the moment Miss Tomoe arrived

I've never forgotten

It was when I was five

I always wanted to do

whatever the boys did

Once I was climbing a pine tree

and a branch broke...

...and I got hurt

Really?

Yes! Your father happened

to be there that day...

...and he carried me piggy-back

all the way to the doctor!

I think he was 12 or 13

His back was this big!

Just like a grown-up's

He made me feel so safe...

Do you remember, Seibei?

I remember

something like that...

when I was nine

my mother told me...

...I couldn't play

with boys any more

I was so sad...

Being a girl's no fun, Kayano

Drip, drip drip...

...come our Chonbei's tears

Drip, drip, drip...

Let's catch his falling tears...

...and wipe them away...

wipe them away...

Let's take his

tear-soaked kimono...

...and wash it clean...

wash it clean...

Let's take the kimono

we've washed...

...and wring it out...

wring it out...

Let's take the kimono

we've wrung out...

...and hang it to dry...

Hang it to dry...

You haven't changed

at all, have you

It's as if I'm

a completely different person

That's not true

You still smile

just like you used to

You don't have to console me

I know I've changed

People told me how radiant

a bride you were...

...when you went to

the Koda house

I don't want to remember

It's very late

I'll leave you here

Say hello to your brother

Your beard's growing out...

It's so soft!

Iinuma! I want the truth!

That man's here!

My husband...

My ex-husband... I'd know

that drunken voice anywhere

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