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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

Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Writer

Shinya Hidaka

Shinya Hidaka

Writer

Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Director

Shin'ichi Tanabe

Shin'ichi Tanabe

Original Music Composer

Kunio Nakayama

Kunio Nakayama

Costume Design

Kiyoshi Hasegawa

Kiyoshi Hasegawa

Director of Photography

Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

Novel

Yoshihiro Kawasaki

Yoshihiro Kawasaki

Assistant Director

Chizuko Osada

Chizuko Osada

Editor

Takeharu Sakaguchi

Takeharu Sakaguchi

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Koto: The Ancient City

19806.0 / 10125 min
Drama

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...