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...
Released: Dec 20, 1980
Runtime: 125 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Jun Izumi, Yukari Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Ishida, Yuki Kitazume
Crew: Kon Ichikawa (Director), Shinya Hidaka (Writer), Kon Ichikawa (Writer), Shin'ichi Tanabe (Original Music Composer), Yasunari Kawabata (Novel), Kiyoshi Hasegawa (Director of Photography)