Tokyo Twilight (1957)


Tokyo Twilight Poster
Original Title: Tôkyô boshoku
Type: Movie
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 140 Minutes    (2 Hours : 20 Minutes)
Release Date: 19 Jul 1972 (USA)
Is Adult: No
Language: 
Japanese
Rated: n/A
Director: 
Yasujirô Ozu
Writer: 
Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
Stars: 
Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishû Ryû  »




Description

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




Plot

Two sisters live with their father. The younger sister is embroiled in an affair and becomes pregnant. The elder sister has run away from her husband and returned with her child to her parent's home. Both sisters are astonished when their mother, long thought dead, turns up alive. The sisters are even more stunned when they learn what their mother's life has been. Written by Jim Beaver





Details (General)

  • AKA (Also Known As)

    東京暮色 (Japan, Japanese title)
    Tokyo Twilight (World-wide, English title)
    Tokyo Twilight (United States)
    Crépuscule à Tokyo (France)
    Tokio in der Dämmerung (Germany)

  • Company

    Shochiku

  • Country

    Japan

  • Certification

    Spain:13 (ICAA)
    Spain:A
    United Kingdom:PG
    United States:Not Rated





    • Details (Technical)

  • Aspect Ratio

    1.37 : 1

  • Color

    Black and White

  • Sound Mix

    Mono