The Twilight Samurai
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The Twilight Samurai is a critically acclaimed 2002 Japanese period drama film that portrays the quiet, impoverished life and moral struggles of a low-ranking samurai on the eve of the Meiji Restoration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Twilight Samurai canonical | 2 |
| The Twilight Samurai (short stories collection) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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film ⓘ period drama film ⓘ samurai film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Shuhei Fujisawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
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Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year ⓘ Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Twilight Samurai
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surface form:
The Twilight Samurai (short stories collection)
short stories by Shuhei Fujisawa ⓘ |
| characterPlayedByHiroyukiSanada | Seibei Iguchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPlayedByRieMiyazawa | Tomoe ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Mutsuo Naganuma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Yoji Yamada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses | moral struggles of a low-ranking samurai ⓘ |
| distributor | Shochiku ⓘ |
| editedBy | Iwao Ishii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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jidaigeki ⓘ |
| hasSetting | castle town in northern Japan ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Seibei Iguchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Isao Tomita ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| producer |
Hiroshi Fukazawa
NERFINISHED
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Ichiro Yamamoto ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Shochiku ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
bureaucrat
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low-ranking samurai ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2002-11-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 129 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Yoji Yamada
NERFINISHED
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Yoshitaka Asama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late Edo period ⓘ |
| stars |
Hiroyuki Sanada
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Min Tanaka ⓘ Nenji Kobayashi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ren Osugi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rie Miyazawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| submissionFor | Japan's entry for the 76th Academy Awards ⓘ |
| theme |
Meiji Restoration transition
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family ⓘ honor ⓘ poverty ⓘ social change ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
The Twilight Samurai (short stories collection)