The Twilight Samurai
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Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings
- Summary: A family drama set in the late nineteenth century Japan, as the feudal Shogun period was giving way to the Meiji Restoration. (Empire Pictures)
- Director: Yôji Yamada
- Genre(s): Drama, Romance
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Positive: 23 out of 25
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Mixed: 2 out of 25
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100Seibei's story is told by director Yoji Yamada in muted tones and colors, beautifully re-creating a feudal village that still retains its architecture, its customs, its ancient values, even as the economy is making its way of life obsolete.
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100A gorgeous, emotionally rewarding masterpiece that invites compassion, reflection and, at least from this reviewer, a great deal of admiration. It's no wonder that it won 12 Japanese Academy Awards.
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80Mr. Yamada is confident that by taking his time and relishing the leathery arrogance that is the perquisite of a director in his 70's, his audience will follow his whims.
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60A mellow, stately, contemplative study of a stoic, brave man, but it doesn't deliver in the action department.
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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EricS.9A little slow at some points but still both fascinating in its portrait of daily life in the samurai era and moving as well. A great film.
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