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Koto: The Ancient City 1980 Directed by Kon Ichikawa 古都

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...

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Horipro
Release Date 20 December 1980
125 mins
Cast
Momoe Yamaguchi
Momoe Yamaguchi Chieko / Naeko
Tomokazu Miura
Tomokazu Miura
Jun Izumi
Jun Izumi
Yukari Yamamoto
Yukari Yamamoto Geisha
Nobuyuki Ishida
Nobuyuki Ishida Hideo (a weaver)
Yuki Kitazume
Yuki Kitazume
Akiji Kobayashi
Akiji Kobayashi
Jun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
Fujio Tokita
Fujio Tokita
Miki Sanjō
Miki Sanjō Endo's wife
Ayako Hosho
Ayako Hosho
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
Masaya Oki
Masaya Oki
Jitsukawa Enjaku III
Jitsukawa Enjaku III Takichiro Sada (Chieko's father)
Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi Shige (Chieko's mother)
Crew
Director
Kon Ichikawa
Kon Ichikawa
Writers
Kon Ichikawa
Kon Ichikawa
Shinya Hidaka
Shinya Hidaka
Cinematography
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Composer
Shin'ichi Tanabe
Shin'ichi Tanabe
Editor
Chizuko Osada
Chizuko Osada
Production Design
Takeharu Sakaguchi
Takeharu Sakaguchi
Original Writer
Yasunari Kawabata
Yasunari Kawabata
Costume Design
Kunio Nakayama
Kunio Nakayama
Assistant Director
Yoshihiro Kawasaki
Yoshihiro Kawasaki