Koto: The Ancient City (1980)
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...
Director: Kon Ichikawa
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Momoe Yamaguchi as Chieko / Naeko |
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Tomokazu Miura as |
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Jun Izumi as |
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Yukari Yamamoto as Geisha |
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Nobuyuki Ishida as Hideo (a weaver) |
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Yuki Kitazume as |
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Akiji Kobayashi as |
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Jun Hamamura as |
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Fujio Tokita as |
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Miki Sanjō as Endo's wife |
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Ayako Hosho as |
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Takeshi Katō as |
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Masaya Oki as |
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Jitsukawa Enjaku III as Takichiro Sada (Chieko's father) |
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Keiko Kishi as Shige (Chieko's mother) |
| Directing | Kon Ichikawa | Director |
| Writing | Shinya Hidaka | Writer |
| Writing | Kon Ichikawa | Writer |
| Sound | Shin'ichi Tanabe | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Yasunari Kawabata | Novel |
| Camera | Kiyoshi Hasegawa | Director of Photography |
| Art | Takeharu Sakaguchi | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kunio Nakayama | Costume Design |
| Editing | Chizuko Osada | Editor |
| Directing | Yoshihiro Kawasaki | Assistant Director |