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Starring Setsuko Hara

Tokyo Twilight

2h 21m

Directed by Yasujiro Ozu • 1957 • Japan

One of Ozu's most piercing portraits of family strife, Tokyo Twilight follows the parallel paths of two sisters contending with an absent mother, unwanted pregnancy, and marital discord.

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