Keswick Film Festival

Sunday 24th October 5:30 PM

The Twilight Samurai

Director: Yoji Yamada Country: Japan
Cert: 12A Year: 2002 Length: 129 minsLanguage: Japanese

Autumn 2004

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Score: 87.72% Attendance: 103

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The old codes of honour are waning in 19th Century Japan seemingly for everyone except Seibei, low ranking samurai, who lives only for his elderly mother and two small daughters. When his childhood sweetheart returns to town, followed by her drunken ex-husband, Seibei takes matters into his own hands.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, 2004 Oscars

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Terrific, old-fashioned storytelling with a rich sense of time and place

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Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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