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Koto: The Ancient City (1980)
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Overview
Chieko (Momoe Yamaguchi) has been raised as the only child of parents who run a dry goods store. When Chieko was a middle-school student, she learned that her parents are not her biological parents. Cheiko’s mother told her that she was stolen while sleeping under a cherry tree in Gion, Kyoto, Japan, but Chieko doesn’t believe that. Her relationship with her parents is very close. Chieko only tells her childhood friend Shinichi, but…
Length 125 minutes
Actors
Momoe Yamaguchi | Tomokazu Miura | Jun Izumi | Yukari Yamamoto | Nobuyuki Ishida | Yuki Kitazume | Akiji Kobayashi | Jun Hamamura | Fujio Tokita | Miki Sanjo | Ayako Hosho | Takeshi Katô | Masaya Oki | Jitsukawa Enjaku III | Keiko Kishi