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Koto: The Ancient City

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Duration125 min.
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Release DateDec 20, 1980

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...

Genres

  • Drama

Casts

Momoe Yamaguchi

Momoe Yamaguchi

Chieko / Naeko

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Jun Izumi

Jun Izumi

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

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Masaya Oki

Masaya Oki

Jitsukawa Enjaku III

Takichiro Sada (Chieko's father)

Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi

Shige (Chieko's mother)