Tasogare Seibei [videorecording] = The Twilight Samurai Yōji Yamada

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Yōji Yamada

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Publication details: [United States] : Empire Pictures, 2004.Description: 1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 inOther title:

The Twilight Samurai

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LOC classification:

PN1997 .T376 2002

Summary: From case cover: Set in the late nineteenth century as the feudal Shogun period was giving way to the Meiji Restoration, Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a low-ranking samurai of the Unasaka clan in Shonai Province of northeast Japan. The divorce of his childhood friend Tomoe (Rie Miyazawa) leads him into a confrontation with her violent ex-husband, a high-ranking samurai. Just as Seibei begins to dream that despite his impoverishment he might win the hand of the long loved Tomoe, he is caught in the shifting turmoil of the times and is assigned, against his wishes, to confront and kill a renowned warrior on the wrong side of a clan power struggle.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-D: DVD Cabinet D	PN1997 .T376 2002	Available		000195

Inspired by the 1976 short story "The Bamboo Sword" by Shūhei Fujisawa.

From case cover:
Set in the late nineteenth century as the feudal Shogun period was giving way to the Meiji Restoration, Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a low-ranking samurai of the Unasaka clan in Shonai Province of northeast Japan. The divorce of his childhood friend Tomoe (Rie Miyazawa) leads him into a confrontation with her violent ex-husband, a high-ranking samurai. Just as Seibei begins to dream that despite his impoverishment he might win the hand of the long loved Tomoe, he is caught in the shifting turmoil of the times and is assigned, against his wishes, to confront and kill a renowned warrior on the wrong side of a clan power struggle.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; NTSC; Region 1; 4:3 fullscreen.

Japanese audio with English subtitles.

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