Tokyo Twilight

1957 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama

32
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 92% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 92% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.0/10 10 5627 5.6K

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Plot summary

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

Director

Yasujirô Ozu Photo
Yasujirô Ozu

Top cast

Isuzu Yamada Photo
Isuzu Yamada as Kisako Aijima
Setsuko Hara Photo
Setsuko Hara as Takako Numata
Kamatari Fujiwara Photo
Kamatari Fujiwara as Gihei Shimomura, noodle vendor
Chishû Ryû Photo
Chishû Ryû as Shûkichi Sugiyama
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.11 GB
988*720
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
2 hr 20 min
Seeds 3
2.19 GB
1472*1072
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
2 hr 20 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jamesrupert2014 8 / 10

Sad portrait of faltering relationships

Two sisters, Takako (Setsuko Hara), who is estranged from her husband, and Akiko (Ineko Arima), who is starting to 'run wild', live with their father Shukichi (Chishu Ryu), whose wife deserted him for another man when the girls were young children. The film is a typical Yasujiro Ozu family drama - melancholy, compelling and beautifully filmed. Similar to many of the auteur's other films, the story focuses on the breakdown of a Japanese family but rather than being due to transgenerational changes in attitudes and culture, the breakdown in 'Tokyo Twilight' is ignited by poor judgement and bad personal decisions. I found the resolution of Akiko's story a bit had to reconcile with the images on screen (but this may be due to Ozu's tendency to jump forward and leave it to the viewers to imagine the unseen events). Recommended (even if I remain unsure as to why I enjoy Ozu's films so much).
Reviewed by brogmiller 9 / 10

A perfect balance.

This is the last film that Yasujiro Ozu made in black and white and it is an outstanding achievement in every way. He has used his tried and trusted team of composer Saito, art director Hamada and one of the two cameramen that he regularly used, Yuharu Atsuta, whose 'framing' is superb. The performances are simply splendid. Seksuko Hara never ceases to amaze. Isuzu Yamada, very touching as the mother, gave a stupendous portrayal the same year as Lady Macbeth in Kurosawa's 'Throne of Blood'. The performance that dominates however is that of Ineko Arima as the young woman overcome by despair and feelings of worthlessness. This film is intensely moving and one in which Ozu has achieved the perfect balance of simplicity and depth, restraint and emotion. Must be seen.
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