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The Twilight Samurai

Duration: 2 hours, 9 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 4^th Apr 2009, 23:40 on BBC Four

Oscar-nominated drama set in 19th-century Japan. A widowed samurai, pursuing a mundane existence, puts on his warrior's mantle again to defend a woman from her brutal ex-husband. Show more

Contributors

Seibei Iguchi:: Hiroyuki Sanada
Tomoe Iinuma:: Rie Miyazawa
Choubei Kusaka:: Nenji Kobayashi
Director:: Yoji Yamada
Toyotarou Kouda:: Ren Osugi
Michinojo Iinuma:: Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Kayano Iguchi:: Miki Ito
Zenemon Yogo:: Min Tanaka
Writer:: Yoji Yamada
Writer:: Yoshitaka Asama
Producer:: Hiroshi Fukazawa
Producer:: Shigehiro Nakagawa
Producer:: Ichiro Yamamoto
Composer:: Isao Tomita
Director of photography:: Mutsuo Naganuma

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Drama

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Source: BBC Online

The White Countess

Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 10^th Apr 2015, 23:35 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Fri 25^th May 2018, 23:35 on BBC Two HD

Merchant-Ivory period drama about the relationship between a blind former diplomat and the Russian countess who saves him from a violent attack on the streets of 1930s Shanghai. Show more

Contributors

Todd Jackson:: Ralph Fiennes
Countess Sofia Belinskya:: Natasha Richardson
Princess Vera Belinskya:: Vanessa Redgrave
Olga Belinskya:: Lynn Redgrave
Matsuda:: Hiroyuki Sanada
Director:: James Ivory
Grushenka:: Madeleine Potter
Katya:: Madeleine Daly
Prince Peter Belinsky:: John Wood
Samuel Feinstein:: Allan Corduner
Maria:: Aislin McGuckin
Kao:: Da Ying
Walters:: Terence Harvey
Crane:: Lee Pace
Ilya:: Dragan Micanovic
Liu:: Luoyong Wang
Composer:: Richard Robbins
Director of photography:: Christopher Doyle
Producer:: Ismail Merchant
Writer:: Kazuo Ishiguro

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DramaClassic & Period

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Films

Source: BBC Online

Mr Holmes

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 14^th Jan 2018, 18:20 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 11^th May 2024, 20:00 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 8 months

Crime drama. Ninety-three-year-old Sherlock Holmes leads a quiet life, but in the autumn of his life he is still fascinated by an unsolved case. Show more

Contributors

Sherlock Holmes:: Ian McKellen
Mrs Munro:: Laura Linney
Roger:: Milo Parker
Tamiki Umezaki:: Hiroyuki Sanada
Ann Kelmot:: Hattie Morahan
Thomas Kelmot:: Patrick Kennedy
Dr Barrie:: Roger Allam
Inspector Gilbert:: Phil Davis
Madame Schirmer:: Frances de la Tour
Oswald:: Charles Maddox
Director:: Bill Condon
Writer:: Jeffrey Hatcher

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Source: BBC Online

The Railway Man

Duration: 1 hour, 46 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 14^th Aug 2020, 22:45 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Thu 6^th Jul 2023, 00:10 on BBC One Wales HD

A survivor of the Burma railway during World War II discovers that the Japanese officer responsible for torturing him is still alive.

Contributors

Eric Lomax:: Colin Firth
Patricia Lomax:: Nicole Kidman
Finlay:: Stellan Skarsgard
Takashi Nagase:: Hiroyuki Sanada
Young Eric Lomax:: Jeremy Irvine
Young Takashi Nagase:: Tanroh Ishida
Writer:: Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Director:: Jonathan Teplitzky

Genres

DramaWar & Disaster

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Films

Source: BBC Online

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