The Twilight Story (1960)
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love. When she learns that he lied and is married to a woman whose child was fathered by another man, she is crushed. He returns to his wife. The woman becomes more distraught when she learns her uncle has misused the money she has sent. As the final straw, her mother dies, and the girl becomes sick.
Released: Aug 28, 1960
Runtime: 120 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Fujiko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Michiyo Aratama, Nobuko Otowa, Keiko Awaji, Eijirō Tōno
Crew: Ichirô Satô (Producer), Shirō Toyoda (Director), Masao Tamai (Director of Photography), Ikuma Dan (Original Music Composer), Kisaku Ito (Production Design), Toshio Yasumi (Screenplay)