In the great movie _The Twilight Samurai_, set in late 19th-century Japan, the eponymous character, Seibei, is constantly teased by his coworkers (samurais who spend their days doing paperwork for the clan) because he refuses to go out drinking with them after work. He is called "Twilight" Seibei because, their jokes go, he always vanishes at twilight. The fact that he has good reason to rush home from work -- he has two young daughters and an ailing mother he has to take care of -- doesn't even factor in.
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Date: 2007-05-03 11:31 pm (UTC)BUT THEN ONE DAY ...