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TwilightSamurai(TasogareSeibei) film screenings at the Cornerhouse, Manchester

21to27May 2004

Dir.YojiYamada,2002; Cert. tobeannounced;2hr9min;Subtitled>?

ThisisindeedtheyearoftheSamurai--fromHollywood(LastSamurai)andMiramax(KillBill)toKitano's(Zatoichi)andthislatestrelease(Japan'sOscarnominee)thegenreisbeingre-explored,re-vampedandrevered. TwilightSamuraiquietlyblendsitsstunningswordplayscenesintoamorehumanistic,reflectivetale. BasedonstoriesbyShuheiFujisawa,itfollowsalow-rankingsamurainicknamed'Twilight'(Sanada)becauseherusheshomeeachnightratherthanstaydrinkingwithhispeers. ButSeibeihasresponsibilities--twoyoungdaughtersandasenilemotherleftinhiscarefollowingthedeathofhiswife. Thereappearanceofanoldflameandanassassinationassignmentwillchangehislifeandcausehimtoquestiontheverycodethatdefineshisexistence. Yamada'sfirstsamuraifilmwonadozenJapaneseacademyawardsfortheveterandirectorofthepopularToraSanseries.

For more information about this film, see the Internet Movie Database.

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All details taken from the Cornerhouse website and may be subject to change. See the Cornerhouse website for full details.

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