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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.[2] Momoe Yamaguchi and Masaya Oki made their last appearances in the film.

Koto
Directed by	Kon Ichikawa
Screenplay by	Shinya Hidaka Kon Ichikawa[1]
Based on	The novel by Yasunari Kawabata
Produced by	Takeo Hori Hideo Sasai[1]
Starring	Momoe Yamaguchi Tomokazu Miura Keiko Kishi Masaya Oki
Cinematography	Kiyoshi Hasegawa[1]
Music by	Shinichi Tanabe[1]
Production company	Hori Planning Production[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	6 December 1980 (1980-12-06) (Japan)
Running time	125 minutes[1]
Country	Japan

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

Cast

• Momoe Yamaguchi as Chieko Sada/Myoko
• Tomokazu Miura
• Masaya Oki as Ryusuke Mizuki
• Jun Hamamura
• Akiji Kobayashi as Endō
• Takeshi Katō as Yahei Mizuki
• Keiko Kishi as Shige Sada

Release

Koto received a roadshow theatrical release in Japan on December 6, 1980 where it was distributed by Toho.[1] It received a regular theatrical release in Japan on December 20, 1980.[1]

Reception

Donald Richie writes in The Japanese Movie that "Ichikawa dramatizes alienation in his remake of Kawabata's Koto, where twin sisters long-separated meet again and must face a dramatized estrangement."[3]

References

Footnotes

Sources

External links

• Koto at IMDb
• Koto at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
• "Koto". CinemaScape (in Japanese).

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