S A P H i R E . . .

PRESENTS: TOKYO TWILIGHT (1957)
Tokyo Boshoku

MOViE iNFORMATiON

[ THEATRE DATE....: 4/30/1957 (Japan)
[ RELEASE DATE....: 1/18/2006
[ STORE DATE......: 5/13/2005
[ GENRE...........: Drama
[ RATiNG..........: 8.2/10 (81 votes)
[ NO. SCREENiNGS..: ???

[ RUNTiME.........: 140 Minutes
[ ViDEO BiTRATE...: 617 kBit/s XviD at 23.976FPS
[ AUDiO BiTRATE...: 72 kBit/s Mono MP3 at 48KHZ, JA
[ ASPECT RATiO....: 1.36:1
[ RESOLUTiON......: 544x400
[ ARCHiVES........: sph-tokyo.twilight.rar *49x15*
[ AVi SiZE........: 700 MB * 717,162 KB * 734,373,888 B
[ SUBTiTLES.......: ZH, EN

M O V i E   S U M M A R Y

Ozu's central themes of family, sadness, and transience are revisited again
in this buried treasure of minamalist melodrama. The opening scenes of the
twilight scenery is marvelously grim, which is totally appropriate for this
tale of the disintegration of a family. The married elder sister of the
family has run away from an alcoholic, abusive husband, and returns with her
child to her parents' home. Her younger sister, who is pregnant and has just
been abandoned by her boyfriend, undergoes an abortion before both of them
discover a family secret that has devestating results. Setsuko Hara is
triumphant in her role as the elder sister who has to go through all the
emotions and sufferings of the character.

Director ........  Yasujiro Ozu

Chishu Ryu ......  Shukichi Sugiyama
Setsuko Hara ....  Takako Numata
Ineko Arima .....  Akiko Sugiyama
Kinzo Shin ......  Yasuo Numata
Haruko Sugimura .  Shigeko Takeuchi

M O R E  i N FO R M A T i O N

This is from the official R3 Panorama Hong Kong DVD. In addition to the
IDX/SUB files in English and Chinese, I've also included improved English
subs in SSA and SRT formats.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051093/
RETAIL DVD: http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1004007273

DVD REVIEW: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews15/tokyo_twilight.htm

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