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Director
  
Kon Ichikawa
Writer
  
Shinya Hidaka, Kon Ichikawa, Yasunari Kawabata (novel)

Koto (古都) is a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura in an adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's novel The Old Capital.

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It is a remake of the 1963 film Twin Sisters of Kyoto.

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Cast

  • Momoe Yamaguchi - Chieko/Myoko
  • Tomokazu Miura
  • Masaya Oki
  • Keiko Kishi

    • Release

    Koto received a roadshow theatrical release in Japan on December 6, 1980 where it was distributed by Toho. It received a regular theatrical release in Jpaan on December 20, 1980.

    Reception

    Donald Richie in The Japanese Movie says that "Ichikawa dramatizes alienation in his remake of Kawabata's Koto, where twin sisters long-separated meet again and must face a dramatized estrangement."

    References

    Koto (film) Wikipedia
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    Koto (film) IMDb Koto (film) themoviedb.org