Abschied in der Dämmerung

Ugly duckling melodrama meets Ozu’s static gaze. A touring theater’s impresario reunites with a former lover, then watches his itinerant family and fraught inheritance collapse. Late 50s Japan in a single, serene long shot.

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Yasujirō Ozu directed Abschied in der Dämmerung in 1959. See Yasujirō Ozu's full filmography, where to start with Yasujirō Ozu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yasujirō Ozu.

Abschied in der Dämmerung was released in 1959 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 115 minutes.