Koto: The Ancient City

Koto: The Ancient City

125 mins | Drama | Dec. 20, 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...

Koto: The Ancient City

125 mins | Drama | Dec. 20, 1980

Koto: The Ancient City
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...
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Toho Pictures, Inc.
Original title 古都
Directors Kon Ichikawa
Writers Shinya Hidaka, Kon Ichikawa, Yasunari Kawabata

Cast

Momoe Yamaguchi

as Chieko / Naeko

Yukari Yamamoto

as Geisha

Nobuyuki Ishida

as Hideo (a weaver)

Miki Sanjo

as Endo's wife

Jitsukawa Enjaku III

as Takichiro Sada (Chieko's father)

Keiko Kishi

as Shige (Chieko's mother)