Koto: The Ancient City

Name: Koto: The Ancient City
Genre: Drama
Released: 1980-12-20
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Momoe Yamaguchi, Yukari Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Ishida, Miki Sanjō, Jitsukawa Enjaku III

古都 (1980)

2:05 (125 min)

Drama

Japan

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Director

Scenario

Author

Composer

Shin'ichi Tanabe

All team (9)

Actors

Momoe Yamaguchi

Chieko / Naeko

Yukari Yamamoto

Geisha

Nobuyuki Ishida

Hideo (a weaver)

Miki Sanjō

Endo's wife

Jitsukawa Enjaku III

Takichiro Sada (Chieko's father)

Keiko Kishi

Shige (Chieko's mother)

All actors and roles (6)

Short description

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...