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At the start of the film, the main character, Iguchi Seibei, becomes a widower when his wife succumbs to tuberculosis. His wife receives a grand funeral, more than what a low-ranking samurai such as Seibei could afford. Seibei works in the grain warehouse, accounting for stores inventory for the samurai clan. His samurai colleagues mock him behind his back with the nickname Tasogare (Twilight). When evening approaches, Seibei rushes home to look after his elderly mother, who has dementia, and two young daughters, Kayano and Ito, instead of bonding with his supervisor and other samurai colleagues over customary nights of dinner, geisha entertainment, and sake drinking. Even though he is a samurai, Seibei neglects his appearance, failing to bathe and being shabbily dressed. The well-being of his young daughters and medicine for his mother take priority over new clothes or the monthly bath fee and his daughters say they are both happy, even without a mother.
Things change when Seibei's childhood friend Tomoe (sister of Iinuma Michinojo, one of his better, kinder samurai friends and much higher ranked in the clan) returns to town. Tomoe is atypical in that she was a tom-boy as a child and as an adult questions points of etiquette, such as obeying her elder brother's wife and not attending peasant festivals, if she believes them wrong. Recently divorced from an abusive alcoholic husband (Koda, a samurai captain), Tomoe finds comfort and solace with Seibei's daughters. Tomoe's ex-husband Koda barges into the household of Michinojo in the middle of night in a drunken demand for Tomoe and challenges Michinojo to a duel which Seibei accepts on Michinojo's behalf believing Michinojo could not win. This takes place with Seibei knowing his clan forbids duels and the penalty is usually death for the winner as the loser is already dead. Michinojo arrives before Seibei and is facing Koda. Seibei interrupts and decides to use only a wooden stick whilst Koda brandishes a steel katana. Koda, after being disarmed and asked if that can be the end of it, picks up his sword so Seibei knocks him unconscious, sparing both their lives. A few days later Captain of the Guard Yogo passes by Seibei while Seibei is working in the stores and quietly announces he is friends with Koda who has asked him for help in seeking vengeance on Seibei. Recognising that Seibei has some skill and learning that Seibei has learnt a particular style of fighting Yogo hopes they can duel someday. Seibei's workmates learn of the duel and wonder if they should stop calling him by his nickname.
When Iinuma Michinojo asks Seibei to marry his sister, saying she has turned down many offers and he will not force her, Seibei feels that Iinuma is teasing him for his strong feelings for Tomoe, like when he, Iinuma, and Tomoe were children. Iinuma knows Tomoe's feeling for Seibei, and Seibei is a kind man who would treat Tomoe better than Koda. With much deep regret, Seibei declines Iinuma's offer of his sister's hand in marriage, citing his inferior social status and how he did not want to see Tomoe share the burden of poverty despite Michinojo's protest that Tomoe is a grown woman who knows what she is up for. Seibei struggles to feed Kayano and Ito whilst caring for his ailing mother, who has dementia. Seibei stoically regrets how his departed wife suffered in his care who, like Tomoe, came from a wealthier family. Iinuma talks no more of it. Tomoe stops visiting Kayano and Ito.
In the final act, the ranking official of Seibei's clan, having heard of his prowess with a sword, orders Seibei to kill a samurai retainer, Yogo Zen'emon, who has been "disowned" and who stubbornly refuses to resign his post by committing seppuku. The young lord of the clan had died from measles and there was a succession struggle behind the scenes over who will be the new lord. Yogo ended up on the losing side of this conflict, hence his ordered suicide. Yogo has already killed a formidable samurai that was sent to kill him. Seibei is promised a rise in rank and pay if he accepts the dangerous mission.
Seibei is very reluctant to fight Yogo at first, requesting one month to prepare for it. He says that, because of great hardship in his life, he has lost all resolve to fight with ferocity and disregard for his own life, because of the experience of watching his two girls grow. As they continue to insist, he requests two days to get himself up to the task. The new clan leader is furious over this answer and orders him expelled from the clan. Seibei is finally forced to agree to attempt the mission. Upon parting that evening, Seibei's supervisor (who was present during the meeting) promises him that he will make sure the girls will be taken care of if the worst comes to pass.
The following morning, Seibei attempts to get ready, but there is no one to help him with the rituals of samurai before battle. With no one to turn to, he asks Tomoe for her assistance. Before he leaves, he tells Tomoe that he was wrong to decline the offer of marriage. He says that if he lives, he would like to ask for her hand in marriage now that there is promise of a promotion. She regretfully tells Seibei she has accepted another proposal. Seibei, feeling like a fool, tells Tomoe to forget about the silly conversation. Tomoe says that she will not be waiting at his household for him to return but that she hopes from her heart that he will return safely. Seibei says he understands completely. He thanks Tomoe for her generosity for assisting him in this final ritual. They part.
At Yogo's house, Seibei finds his target drinking alcohol in a dark, fly-infested room. Yogo recognizes Seibei and invites him to sit and drink. He then asks Seibei to allow him to run away. He explains he was only faithfully serving his master and describes how his wife and daughter also died of tuberculosis due to hardship and spending seven years as a ronin. Only thanks to his master's generosity could he afford a proper funeral. Yogo tells Seibei that he expects Seibei was promised a reward for this errand and that he too performed errands for his superior, taking the word of his superior as the word of the clan. Seibei commiserates and reveals further parallels in the two men's stories, such as that his wife's family demanded she have an expensive funeral and so he sold his katana to pay for it. He reveals that his long scabbard contains a fake bamboo sword. This angers Yogo who believes Seibei is mocking him. Seibei explains he has been trained with the short sword, which he still carries, but Yogo is not placated.
Seibei's kodachi fighting style is matched up against Yogo's ittÅ-ryÅ« (single long sword) swordsmanship in an intense close quarters duel. Despite allowing Yogo to slash him several times and offering him chances to flee, Yogo presses the attack and Seibei kills Yogo when his longer sword gets caught in the rafters. Despite his wounds, Seibei limps home. Kayano and Ito rush to him in the courtyard, happy to see him. Tomoe is still there, waiting in the house. They have an emotional reunion.
In a brief epilogue set many years later, Seibei's younger daughter, Ito, now elderly, visits the grave of Seibei and Tomoe. Narrating, she explains they married but that their happiness was not to last: He died three years later in the Boshin War, Japan's last civil war. Tomoe took care of Seibei's daughters until they were both married. Ito often heard from fellow co-workers[clarification needed] that Tasogare Seibei was a very unfortunate character, a most pathetic samurai with no luck at all. Ito disagrees: Her father never had any ambition to become anything special; he loved his two daughters, and was loved by the beautiful Tomoe.

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text: kills

text: Yogo

text: when

text: his

text: longer

text: sword

text: gets

text: caught

text: in

text: the

text: rafters

text: Despite

text: his

text: wounds

text: Seibei

text: limps

text: home

text: Kayano

text: and

text: Ito

text: rush

text: to

text: him

text: in

text: the

text: courtyard

text: happy

text: to

text: see

text: him

text: Tomoe

text: is

text: still

text: there

text: waiting

text: in

text: the

text: house

text: They

text: have

text: an

text: emotional

text: reunion

text: In

text: a

text: brief

text: epilogue

text: set

text: many

text: years

text: later

text: Seibei

text: 's

text: younger

text: daughter

text: Ito

text: now

text: elderly

text: visits

text: the

text: grave

text: of

text: Seibei

text: and

text: Tomoe

text: Narrating

text: she

text: explains

text: they

text: married

text: but

text: that

text: their

text: happiness

text: was

text: not

text: to

text: last

text: He

text: died

text: three

text: years

text: later

text: in

text: the

text: Boshin

text: War

text: Japan

text: 's

text: last

text: civil

text: war

text: Tomoe

text: took

text: care

text: of

text: Seibei

text: 's

text: daughters

text: until

text: they

text: were

text: both

text: married

text: Ito

text: often

text: heard

text: from

text: fellow

text: co

text: workers[clarification

text: needed

text: that

text: Tasogare

text: Seibei

text: was

text: a

text: very

text: unfortunate

text: character

text: a

text: most

text: pathetic

text: samurai

text: with

text: no

text: luck

text: at

text: all

text: Ito

text: disagrees

text: Her

text: father

text: never

text: had

text: any

text: ambition

text: to

text: become

text: anything

text: special

text: he

text: loved

text: his

text: two

text: daughters

text: and

text: was

text: loved

text: by

text: the

text: beautiful

text: Tomoe

question: What did Iguchi Seibei's wife die from?

answer: tuberculosis

text: tuberculosis

text: tuberculosis

question: How many daughters does Iguchi Seibei have?

answer: two

text: two

text: two

text: two

text: two

text: two

question: What did Iguchi Seibei sell to pay for his wife's funeral?

answer: his katana

text: his katana

question: What is the penalty for dueling amongst clan members?

answer: death for the winner

text: death for the winner

question: What was Japan's last Civil War?

answer: Boshin War

text: Boshin War

question: Which of Yogo's family members died from tuberculosis?

answer: his wife and daughter

text: his wife and daughter


text: Kirk Douglas plays Larry Coe, a Los Angeles architect who's married with two kids. He has a very bright wife, Eve. She's ambitious for him, but he wants to do work more imaginative than the commercial buildings he's designing. Maggie Gault (Kim Novak), one of his neighbors whose son is friends with his son, helps him get a commission to build a house for an eccentric writer named Roger Alter (Ernie Kovacs, for comic relief). Both Larry and Maggie are dissatisfied in their marriages. Larry's wife is too hard-headed and practical and Maggie's husband isn't interested in having sex with her (or maybe he can't). So they have an affair that involves lots of walking on the beach and having drinks in oceanside hideaways. They both know what they're doing is wrong, and they each love their spouses in their own way and they're devoted to their children.Felix Anders (Walter Matthau) is a dirty old man neighbor who snoops around and finds out about their affair. His leering and insinuations to Larry makes Larry realize the risks he's taking and he tells Maggie that they shouldn't see each other for a while. Felix, in the meantime, makes a play for Larry's wife Eve in an unbelievably creepy scene. In a way, Felix is a personification of the tawdriness of Larry and Maggie's affair. After her near-rape by Felix, Eve wises up and realizes that Larry has been unfaithful. She confronts him and they agree to stay together and move to Hawaii, where Larry has been offered a job to design a city.Roger Alter's house is finished but still empty. Maggie drives up to take a look at it. Larry shows up and they talk about how they can never be together. Larry tells Maggie that he wishes they could live in the house and if they did, he would dig a moat around it and never leave it. Maggie doesn't say anything. Maybe she's thinking it's just as well the affair ended after all. The contractor for the house shows up and thinks Maggie is Larry's wife (which is strange because Eve has been a regular visitor to the building site). They both take a moment to savor the irony of his remark and Maggie drives away. On the way out of the driveway, one of the construction workers leers at her. She's not immune to one night stands, so she's already being put to the test. She drives back into their banal suburban enclave while Larry stands out on the house's balcony savoring the view of Los Angeles and no doubt thinking deep thoughts.This is a long film that moves along at a leisurely pace that reflects the time when it was made. Larry is a successful architect, yet he still can take his kids to the school bus stop and have time to carry on his affair with Maggie without his wife suspecting (even though he works at home, she doesn't keep much of an eye on him). None of the women in the film work; they don't have to because their husbands have jobs that can support a family on one paycheck. America was a more economically secure country then. The film has nice expansive feel despite the constricted lives the characters lead.

title: Strangers When We Meet

title: Strangers

title: When

title: We

title: Meet

text: Kirk

text: Douglas

text: plays

text: Larry

text: Coe

text: a

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: architect

text: who

text: 's

text: married

text: with

text: two

text: kids

text: He

text: has

text: a

text: very

text: bright

text: wife

text: Eve

text: She

text: 's

text: ambitious

text: for

text: him

text: but

text: he

text: wants

text: to

text: do

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text: more

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text: commercial

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text: 's

text: designing

text: Maggie

text: Gault

text: Kim

text: Novak

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text: neighbors

text: whose

text: son

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text: son

text: helps

text: him

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text: a

text: commission

text: to

text: build

text: a

text: house

text: for

text: an

text: eccentric

text: writer

text: named

text: Roger

text: Alter

text: Ernie

text: Kovacs

text: for

text: comic

text: relief

text: Both

text: Larry

text: and

text: Maggie

text: are

text: dissatisfied

text: in

text: their

text: marriages

text: Larry

text: 's

text: wife

text: is

text: too

text: hard

text: headed

text: and

text: practical

text: and

text: Maggie

text: 's

text: husband

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text: n't

text: interested

text: in

text: having

text: sex

text: with

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text: or

text: maybe

text: he

text: ca

text: n't

text: So

text: they

text: have

text: an

text: affair

text: that

text: involves

text: lots

text: of

text: walking

text: on

text: the

text: beach

text: and

text: having

text: drinks

text: in

text: oceanside

text: hideaways

text: They

text: both

text: know

text: what

text: they

text: 're

text: doing

text: is

text: wrong

text: and

text: they

text: each

text: love

text: their

text: spouses

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text: their

text: own

text: way

text: and

text: they

text: 're

text: devoted

text: to

text: their

text: children

text: Felix

text: Anders

text: Walter

text: Matthau

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text: a

text: dirty

text: old

text: man

text: neighbor

text: who

text: snoops

text: around

text: and

text: finds

text: out

text: about

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text: affair

text: His

text: leering

text: and

text: insinuations

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text: risks

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text: 's

text: taking

text: and

text: he

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text: Maggie

text: that

text: they

text: should

text: n't

text: see

text: each

text: other

text: for

text: a

text: while

text: Felix

text: in

text: the

text: meantime

text: makes

text: a

text: play

text: for

text: Larry

text: 's

text: wife

text: Eve

text: in

text: an

text: unbelievably

text: creepy

text: scene

text: In

text: a

text: way

text: Felix

text: is

text: a

text: personification

text: of

text: the

text: tawdriness

text: of

text: Larry

text: and

text: Maggie

text: 's

text: affair

text: After

text: her

text: near

text: rape

text: by

text: Felix

text: Eve

text: wises

text: up

text: and

text: realizes

text: that

text: Larry

text: has

text: been

text: unfaithful

text: She

text: confronts

text: him

text: and

text: they

text: agree

text: to

text: stay

text: together

text: and

text: move

text: to

text: Hawaii

text: where

text: Larry

text: has

text: been

text: offered

text: a

text: job

text: to

text: design

text: a

text: city

text: Roger

text: Alter

text: 's

text: house

text: is

text: finished

text: but

text: still

text: empty

text: Maggie

text: drives

text: up

text: to

text: take

text: a

text: look

text: at

text: it

text: Larry

text: shows

text: up

text: and

text: they

text: talk

text: about

text: how

text: they

text: can

text: never

text: be

text: together

text: Larry

text: tells

text: Maggie

text: that

text: he

text: wishes

text: they

text: could

text: live

text: in

text: the

text: house

text: and

text: if

text: they

text: did

text: he

text: would

text: dig

text: a

text: moat

text: around

text: it

text: and

text: never

text: leave

text: it

text: Maggie

text: does

text: n't

text: say

text: anything

text: Maybe

text: she

text: 's

text: thinking

text: it

text: 's

text: just

text: as

text: well

text: the

text: affair

text: ended

text: after

text: all

text: The

text: contractor

text: for

text: the

text: house

text: shows

text: up

text: and

text: thinks

text: Maggie

text: is

text: Larry

text: 's

text: wife

text: which

text: is

text: strange

text: because

text: Eve

text: has

text: been

text: a

text: regular

text: visitor

text: to

text: the

text: building

text: site

text: They

text: both

text: take

text: a

text: moment

text: to

text: savor

text: the

text: irony

text: of

text: his

text: remark

text: and

text: Maggie

text: drives

text: away

text: On

text: the

text: way

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: driveway

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: construction

text: workers

text: leers

text: at

text: her

text: She

text: 's

text: not

text: immune

text: to

text: one

text: night

text: stands

text: so

text: she

text: 's

text: already

text: being

text: put

text: to

text: the

text: test

text: She

text: drives

text: back

text: into

text: their

text: banal

text: suburban

text: enclave

text: while

text: Larry

text: stands

text: out

text: on

text: the

text: house

text: 's

text: balcony

text: savoring

text: the

text: view

text: of

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: and

text: no

text: doubt

text: thinking

text: deep

text: thoughts

text: This

text: is

text: a

text: long

text: film

text: that

text: moves

text: along

text: at

text: a

text: leisurely

text: pace

text: that

text: reflects

text: the

text: time

text: when

text: it

text: was

text: made

text: Larry

text: is

text: a

text: successful

text: architect

text: yet

text: he

text: still

text: can

text: take

text: his

text: kids

text: to

text: the

text: school

text: bus

text: stop

text: and

text: have

text: time

text: to

text: carry

text: on

text: his

text: affair

text: with

text: Maggie

text: without

text: his

text: wife

text: suspecting

text: even

text: though

text: he

text: works

text: at

text: home

text: she

text: does

text: n't

text: keep

text: much

text: of

text: an

text: eye

text: on

text: him

text: of

text: the

text: women

text: in

text: the

text: film

text: work

text: they

text: do

text: n't

text: have

text: to

text: because

text: their

text: husbands

text: have

text: jobs

text: that

text: can

text: support

text: a

text: family

text: on

text: one

text: paycheck

text: America

text: was

text: a

text: more

text: economically

text: secure

text: country

text: then

text: The

text: film

text: has

text: nice

text: expansive

text: feel

text: despite

text: the

text: constricted

text: lives

text: the

text: characters

text: lead

question: With whom is Maggie having an affair?

answer: Felix Anders

text: Felix Anders

question: Who thinks Maggie is Larry's wife?

answer: contractor for the house

text: contractor for the house

question: What is the name of the author that Larry meets with.

question: Who grow dissatisfied in their marriages?

answer: Larry and Maggie

text: Larry and Maggie

text: Larry and Maggie

question: Where do Eve and Larry move?

answer: Hawaii

text: Hawaii

question: Who is too hard-headed and practical?

answer: Larry's wife

text: Larry's wife

text: Larry's wife

text: Larry's wife

question: Who gives Larry the encourgament he needs but cannot get from his wife?

answer: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

question: Who drives up to take a look at Altar's house ?

answer: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

text: Maggie

question: Who's house is finished but still empty ?

answer: Roger Alter

text: Roger Alter

text: Roger Alter

question: What is Larry Coe's profession ?

answer: architect

text: architect

text: architect

question: To whom does Felix make insinuations about the affair he has discovered?

answer: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry

text: Larry