Message from kates

[Anonymous]

Besides learning from the depictions of samurai Japan, I really enjoyed the presentation of gender roles in Twilight Samurai. While Iguchi was distraught after loosing his wife and behaving lovingly toward his two children, there was still a female presence that was missing from his life. For example, the children were only happy to run home and see Tomaro. In addition, his house was not thoroughly cleaned until she started making visits every other day to clean his house. I loved the time period and intimate look into this family and the gender roles depicted, however I cannot imagine keeping a class captivated by this two hour movie. However, in terms of showing clips to give snippets into the time period, I think this movie could be extremely useful.