Samurai der Dämmerung (2002)

Samurai der Dämmerung: Directed by Yôji Yamada. With Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Ôsugi. As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.

“Twilight Samuraiu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t have a top ten list of all time favorite films but if I did Twilight Samurai would be on it. Nominated for best foreign film the same year that the Hollywood film the last samurai got a few nominations it is impossible not to compare the two. While I enjoyed the Last Samurai and itu0026#39;s message of questioning western cultural imperialism Twilight Samurai is a film on whole different level.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLS is a bloated Hollywood epic that delivers intense battles with huge numbers and a unrealistic unsatisfying bullshit love story. Do we really believe that the woman who lost her husband to Tom Cruise the smelly drunk white would fall in love with him?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTwilight Samurai is the opposite in everyway and in everyway it is a better film that is bound to move to tears the hardest of yall out there. It is the story of a petty samurai who after the long lingering death of his wife finds himself become a devoted father.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhen Twilight comes and the other samurai go out to drink, he rushes home to clean the house, tend the field and care for his daughters. He has lost track of his imagine, he smells and all he cares about is what is best for his daughters.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhen his childhood crush returns and revolution looms this petty samurai is forced into confronting his status as a samurai. Unlike last samurai the small battle between two samuraiu0026#39;s at the end is more emotionally involved that any CGI enhanced battle could ever be. The romance in the film is so sweet, tender and believable that is makes the film special.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis could not be as special as it is without excellent acting, direction and above all writing. Holy crap see this movie.”