Released:
2002-11-02

Overview:
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?

Director:
Yoji Yamada

Runtime:
2h 9min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Hiroyuki Sanada
  as
  Seibei Iguchi
• 
  Rie Miyazawa
  as
  Tomoe Iinuma
• 
  Nenji Kobayashi
  as
  Choubei Kusaka
• 
  Mitsuru Fukikoshi
  as
  Michinojo Iinuma
• 
  Min Tanaka
  as
  Zenemon Yogo