The twilight samurai [electronic resource] / [released by] Shochiku ; screenplay, Yoji Yamada & Yoshitaka Asama ; producers, Shigehiro Nakagawa, Hiroshi Fukazawa, Ichiro Yamamoto ; directed by Yoji Yamada.

Publication:

New York, NY : First Run Features, 2002.

Series:

New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present

Format/Description:

Video
1 streaming video file (129 min.) : sd., col.

Subjects:

Fujisawa, Shūhei, 1927-1997 -- Film adaptations.
Divorced women -- Japan -- Drama.
Foreign films -- Japan.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Samurai -- Drama.
Widowers -- Japan -- Drama.
Japan -- History -- Restoration, 1853-1870 -- Drama.

Form/Genre:

Fiction films.
Feature films.

Language:

This edition in Japanese with English subtitles.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Set during the Meiji Restoration of 19th-century Japan, revolves around a low-ranking, poor samurai who struggles to support his two daughters and elderly mother while trying to win the heart of his long-time love.

Notes:

A foreign film (Japan).
Based upon the stories by Shuhei Fujisawa.
Originally produced as motion picture in 2002.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present). Available via World Wide Web.
12 Japanese film Academy Awards

Contributor:

Asama, Yoshitaka, 1940-
Fujisawa, Shūhei, 1927-1997.
Miyazawa, Rie, 1973-
Ōsugi, Ren.
Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960-
Tanaka, Min.
Yamada, Yōji.
Empire Pictures (Firm)
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.

Other format:

EP-0527

OCLC:

823747948

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to streaming video
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1338356