Xiannen

1. Twilight Samurai

3. Context
 Yoji Yamada  Yoshitaka Asama
 Shuhei Fujisawa
Writers

4. Context
 9-13-1931 – Present
 Toyonaka City, Osaka
 Six Decades
 60 movies
 Journeyman director
 Comedy (Internationally
acclaimed festival
favorite)Yoji Yamada
Director

5. Context
Director
 His Tora-sanfilms about the
travails of a traveling salesman,
of which he wrote and directed
46, comprise the longest-
running series in cinematic
history.
Yoji Yamada

6. Context
Director
 It was his samurai trilogy (The
Twilight Samurai, The Hidden
Blade and Love and
Honor) between 2002 and 2006
that brought him worldwide
attention, including a foreign-
language Oscar nomination.Yoji Yamada

7. Context
Director
You’ve achieved a lot during a
long career. Is there anything left
you want to do?
To make a comedy that
would make you laugh so much
that your stomach hurts; that’s my
dream. It’s hard though. You
know straightaway if it works or
not because audiences either
laugh or they don’t.Yoji Yamada

8. Context
Otoko wa Tsurai yo series (Tora-
san series) : 1969-1995
Yoji Yamada
Critically acclaimed films
Director

9. Context
Tasogare Seibei (Twilight
Samurai) : 2002
Yoji Yamada
Critically acclaimed films
Director

10. Context
Kakushi ken: Oni no Tsume (The
Hidden Blade) : 2004
Yoji Yamada
Critically acclaimed films
Director

11. Context
 Kakushi ken: Oni no Tsume
(The Hidden Blade) : 2004
Yoji Yamada
Critically acclaimed films
Director

12. Context
 Asian Film Awards, 2008 – Lifetime
Achievement Award
 Awards of the Japanese Academy,
2003 – Best Director (The Twilight
Samurai)
 Nikkan Sports Film Awards, 2002 –
Best Director (The Twilight
Samurai)
 Udine Far East Film Festival, 2004
– Audience Award (The Twilight
Samurai)Yoji Yamada
AWARDS
Director

13.  awaaaarrrddsss

14. Context
Actors and actresses
Seibei Iguchi
Hiroyuki Sanada
Tomoe Iinuma
Rie Miyazawa

15. Context
Actors and actresses
Toyotarou Kouda
Ren Ohsugi
Choubei Kusaka
Nenji Kubayashi

16. Context
Actors and actresses
Kayano Iguchi
Miki Ito
Ito Iguchi
Erina Hisaguchi

17. Context
Production Notes
The Twilight Samurai is based on three short novels by Shuhei
Fujisawa:
Tasogare Seibei
Twilight Seibei
Takemitsu Shimatsu
Record of a Bamboo Sword
Hoito Sukehachi
Sukehachi, the Beggar

18. Context
Production Notes
 This film is the first screen adaptation of Fujisawa’s
novels and the first samurai film for director
Yamada.
 The Twilight Samurai is Yamada’s 77th film and
marks his 41st year as a director since his first
feature, Stranger Upstairs (Nikai no Tanin).
 Yamada: “At last, the time has come for realizing my
long-cherished dream, to portray the realm of Shuhei
Fujisawa on the screen with cinematic beauty and
power. To challenge a truly authentic samurai movie
is replete with excitement.”