Where to Watch The Twilight Samurai (2004)

Fancy watching 'The Twilight Samurai' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Yoji Yamada-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Twilight Samurai' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Twilight Samurai' right now, here are some finer points about the Shochiku, Sumitomo Corporation, Hakuhodo, Nippan Group Holdings, Eisei Gekijo, Nippon Television Network Corporation drama flick.

Released April 23rd, 2004, 'The Twilight Samurai' stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 9 min, and received a user score of 78 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 328 respected users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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?" .