"Twilight Samurai"
2002
Directed by Yoji Yamada

Period drama based on the best-selling novel by Shuhei Fujisawa. Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a widowed samurai during the Edo Period who barely makes enough money to feed his family. When he falls in love with the beautiful Tomoe (Rie Miyazawa), he is too ashamed of his poverty to tell her his true feelings and risks losing her to another man. Japanese with English subtitles.  129 minutes.