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Tokyo Twilight(1957)
Status: Released
Date: 1957-04-30
77%
150 Votes
Time: 2h 21m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Tokyo Twilight
Top 10 Billed Cast
原節子
Takako Numata
有馬稲子
Akiko Sugiyama
笠智衆
Shukichi Sugiyama
山田五十鈴
Kisako Soma
高橋貞二
Noburo Kawaguchi
田浦正巳
Kenji Kimura
杉村春子
Shigeko Takeuchi
山村聰
Seki Sekiguchi
信欣三
Yasuo Numata
藤原釜足
Noodle Vendor
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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.
Release Date
1957-04-30
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