Dec 20, 1980
125 min
Full-HD

Koto: The Ancient City (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...

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Horipro

Momoe Yamaguchi

Chieko / Naeko

Tomokazu Miura

Jun Izumi

Yukari Yamamoto

Geisha

Nobuyuki Ishida

Hideo (a weaver)

Yuki Kitazume

Akiji Kobayashi

Jun Hamamura

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