actor

Koto: The Ancient City

60 %|Dec 20, 1980|Drama

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...

Featured Crew

Kon Ichikawa
Director
Shinya Hidaka
Writer
Kon Ichikawa
Writer
Shin'ichi Tanabe
Original Music Composer
Yasunari Kawabata
Novel
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Director of Photography
Takeharu Sakaguchi
Production Design
Kunio Nakayama
Costume Design