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?

Hiroyuki Sanada
Seibei Iguchi

Rie Miyazawa
Tomoe Iinuma

Nenji Kobayashi
Choubei Kusaka

Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Michinojo Iinuma

Min Tanaka
Zenemon Yogo

Ren Osugi
Toyotaro Koda

Hiroshi Kanbe
Naota

Miki Ito
Kayano Iguchi
337 ratings. The score is reasonably stable but could shift up to 0.11 as more ratings come in.
Why we're confident →Release Date
November 2, 2002
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director