The Twilight Story (1960)

Original title

濹東綺譚

Directed by

Shirō Toyoda

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in the older parts of Tokyo, the film follows a writer who becomes involved with a prostitute. It focuses on their strained relationship and the difficult lives of people in the district.

melancholicslow-pacedatmosphericcontemplativepoignantgrittysomberrealistic

What happens

The Twilight Story (Japanese: 濹東綺譚 / 〓東綺譚, Hepburn: Bokuto kitan), also titled Twilight Story, is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda. It is based on Kafū Nagai's 1937 short story A Strange Tale from East of the River. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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