Twilight Q
1987 1h 0m movie Film Japan

Twilight Q

Synopsis

Part 1: "Time Knot: Reflection" Written by Kazunori Itô, directed by Tomomi Mochizuki. Mayu finds a camera floating in the ocean while on vacation. A very unusual camera. The film, mostly intact, reveals a picture of herself with a man she has never seen before. But that isn't the unusual part. This camera hasn't been made yet, and won't be made for another two years. Soon, Mayu finds herself swinging uncontrollably back and forth through time like a pendulum. Part 2: "Mystery Article File 538" Written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. This episode follows a down-on-his-luck detective who accepts the first case to come his way: Surveillance of a man and a little girl. But who are they? And why do airplanes that fly over them turn into giant imperial carp? An investigator's normal methods don't apply when reality itself no longer applies.

The 1986–1988 Japan Window

99 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Twilight Q sits at position #82.

  1. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
    #1

    Legend of the Galactic Heroes

    ★ 9.0 · 1988

  2. The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
    #2

    The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

    ★ 8.6 · 1986

  3. Silver Fang
    #3

    Silver Fang

    ★ 8.6 · 1986

  4. Grave of the Fireflies
    #4

    Grave of the Fireflies

    ★ 8.5 · 1988

  5. Saint Seiya
    #5

    Saint Seiya

    ★ 8.5 · 1986

  6. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    #6

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    ★ 8.3 · 1986

  7. Dragon Ball
    #7

    Dragon Ball

    ★ 8.2 · 1986

  8. My Neighbor Totoro
    #8

    My Neighbor Totoro

    ★ 8.1 · 1988

Other Titles From Studio Deen

The 1980s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Twilight Q premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

5.9
TMDB Rating
25
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,929 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (14th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,308 of 2,532 (top 91%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Studio Deen
Runtime 1h 0m
Release Date February 28, 1987
IMDb tt1262969

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