The Twilight Samurai
Taste attributes: dramahistoryromancehistoricalslowwholesomeheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evillove conquers all
Boxlist takeMoving and slow-burning: a realistic romantic drama, heavy rather than light. Best if you like patience over pace.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.8 /10
TMDB · 205 votes
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Shochiku
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
