Twilight Samurai

...is streaming on Watch Instant Netflix (thx Roger Ebert for the tweet).  Just about any Samurai movie is worth watching for the costumes and houses alone.  But this movie beautifully paints the Samurai in human shades: as a father, a son, a not always successful worker.  I loved watching this movie.  I won't post the trailer because they always show too much!  It won many awards in Japan.