
Koto: The Ancient City 1980
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...
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Cast

Momoe Yamaguchi
Chieko / Naeko

Tomokazu Miura

Jun Izumi
Yukari Yamamoto
Geisha

Nobuyuki Ishida
Hideo (a weaver)

Yuki Kitazume

Akiji Kobayashi

Jun Hamamura

Fujio Tokita

Miki SanjΕ
Endo's wife