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Tokyo Twilight

Original title: Tôkyô boshoku
  • 1957
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 20m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
4.4K
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Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Drama

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.

  • Director
    • Yasujirô Ozu
  • Writers
    • Kôgo Noda
    • Yasujirô Ozu
  • Stars
    • Setsuko Hara
    • Ineko Arima
    • Chishû Ryû
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    4.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Writers
      • Kôgo Noda
      • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Stars
      • Setsuko Hara
      • Ineko Arima
      • Chishû Ryû
    • 17User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Chishû Ryû in Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    Teruko Nagaoka in Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    Chishû Ryû in Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    Chishû Ryû in Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    Setsuko Hara in Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    Isuzu Yamada in Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    Isuzu Yamada in Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    Setsuko Hara in Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    Isuzu Yamada in Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    Isuzu Yamada in Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    Nobuo Nakamura and Isuzu Yamada in Tokyo Twilight (1957)

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    Setsuko Hara
    Setsuko Hara
    • Takako Numata
    Ineko Arima
    Ineko Arima
    • Akiko Sugiyama
    Chishû Ryû
    Chishû Ryû
    • Shûkichi Sugiyama
    Isuzu Yamada
    Isuzu Yamada
    • Kisako Aijima
    Teiji Takahashi
    Teiji Takahashi
    • Noboru Kawaguchi
    Masami Taura
    Masami Taura
    • Kenji Kimura
    Haruko Sugimura
    Haruko Sugimura
    • Shigeko Takeuchi
    Sô Yamamura
    Sô Yamamura
    • Seki Sekiguchi
    Kinzô Shin
    Kinzô Shin
    • Yasuo Numata
    Kamatari Fujiwara
    Kamatari Fujiwara
    • Gihei Shimomura, noodle vendor
    Nobuo Nakamura
    Nobuo Nakamura
    • Sakae Aiba
    Seiji Miyaguchi
    Seiji Miyaguchi
    • Policeman
    Junji Masuda
    Junji Masuda
    Eiko Miyoshi
    Eiko Miyoshi
    • Midwife
    Teruko Nagaoka
    Teruko Nagaoka
    Mutsuko Sakura
    Fujio Suga
    Fujio Suga
    Tsûsai Sugawara
    Tsûsai Sugawara
    • Mahjong parlor owner
    • Director
      • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Writers
      • Kôgo Noda
      • Yasujirô Ozu
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    • Trivia
      Abortion has been legal in Japan since 1948.
    • Quotes

      Akiko Sugiyama: I want to start over. I want to start my life over again from the beginning.

    • Connections
      Referenced in I Lived, But... (1983)

    User reviews17

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    7/10
    Yasujiro Ozu's dark and hard take on unavoidable facts of parenthood, childhood and married life.
    Tokyo boshoku / Tokyo Twilight (1957) : Brief Review -

    Yasujiro Ozu's dark and hard take on unavoidable facts of parenthood, childhood and married life. Tokyo Twilight is known as Ozu's one of the Darkest film ever but frankly speaking it isn't that dark to be called so. It is just the longer runtime of 140 minutes, a bit longer than his previous flicks that makes it little streched and slow film. You'll see the same techniques, same storytelling and similar filmmaking from Ozu while he explores more detailing of characters this time. Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child. We see Four main characters here, one is father, one is mother and two sisters-one married and one single. Two of them are positive and good (The father and his elder daughter) whereas two are pretty spoiled and with wrongdoings (the mother and younger daughter). Naturally, those two positive characters make sense and the rest two are highly insensible and wrong who feels like the minuses in the writing. Cinematography is yet again top class just like all Ozu films. I love this thing about his films that he gives pauses and slow attributes to daily life activities. The scenes which don't contribute much to take the screenplay forward are always used by him to give us that real life feel. Acting by Ineko Arima, Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu and Isuzu Yamada is perfect. The background score is used very well and strictly according to the situations. Hear that clock tickling in background in the last conversation between Ryu and Hara, just Amazing. Overall, Ozu makes another superb film on family issues but this one is very much about accepting those unavoidable duties of parenthood, childhood and married life. And yes some are positive and some are negative but what can we do? That's Life.

    RATING - 7/10*

    By - #samthebestest
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    • Feb 11, 2021

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 19, 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 東京暮色
    • Production company
      • Shochiku
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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