Twilight Saloon

1955 1h 34m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 4

Drama

Synopsis

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Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal frustrations and social anxieties. A disillusioned professor, a struggling artist, and various laborers find their lives intersecting through chance encounters and heated arguments fueled by drink.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Isamu Kosugi
Moichiro Umeda
Hiroshi Ono
Kinya Eto
Takuya Miyahara
Kenichi Maruyama
Korema Arima
Kozo Taniguchi
Jun Tatara
Tetsuo Kumishima
Hitomi Nozoe
Yuki Noguchi
Keiko Tsushima
Emi Rosa
Minoru Takada
Ryusuke Nakakoji

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tomu Uchida
Writers: Senzo Nada
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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71 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tomu Uchida, shot by Rokurô Nishigaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yasushi Akutagawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Hideo Kasama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Isamu Kosugi and Hiroshi Ono and Takuya Miyahara carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0408246 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tomu Uchida directs. Rokurô Nishigaki behind the camera. Yasushi Akutagawa scores. Hideo Kasama cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

171 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Tomu Uchida, shot by Rokurô Nishigaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Yasushi Akutagawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Hideo Kasama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Isamu Kosugi and Hiroshi Ono and Takuya Miyahara carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0408246 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.