# Tokyo Twilight (1957)

> A bleakly beautiful Ozu family melodrama in which a younger daughter's encounter with buried maternal abandonment destabilizes an already fractured household.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/37733

## Facts

- Runtime: 141 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast: Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishū Ryū, Isuzu Yamada, Teiji Takahashi, Masami Taura, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051093/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: melancholic, bleak, intimate, quiet evening, serious film study

## Synopsis

Two sisters confront their painful past and the truth of their family ties in post-war Japan.

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